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- Linking Macroeconomic Policy to Poverty Reduction.
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May 15, 2007 09:51
The paper analyses the macroeconomic performance of Uzbekistan over 1991-2002, the main trends and causes of poverty and inequality over 1991-2002 and attempts to link these trends to changes in economic and social policies. The paper also discusses changes that took place in sectors that substantially influence the evolution of poverty.
- Poverty and Social Policy in CIS
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May 15, 2007 09:54
Current publication tries to reflect how the processes of market adaptation influenced on the living standards in CIS.
- Tajikistan: Teenage Girls Dropping Out of School
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article focuses on the issue of teenage girls dropping out of schools in Tajikistan. Parents of the girls ensure that “tradition” dictates they don’t need education.
- Economic growth and solving unemployment issue
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This analytical report considers poverty level and unemployment in Tajikistan and ways to fight it.
- Rural vulnerability in Serbia
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November 23, 2007 12:54
In this study, the author analyzes the nature, extent, and causes of rural vulnerability in Serbia using panel national household data from the 2002 and 2003 Serbia Living Standard Surveys.
- Dimensions of urban poverty in the Europe and Central Asia region
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November 23, 2007 12:55
The objective of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the extent and nature of poverty in urban areas in transition countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, providing particular attention to the disparities within urban areas between capital cities and secondary cities, and focusing on dimensions of poverty related to provision of network infrastructure and energy services in cities.
- Economic growth, income distribution, and poverty in Poland during transition
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November 23, 2007 12:57
The authors attempt to analyze the linkages between macroeconomic policies and economic growth variables, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of particular interest because its data sources allow for a relatively detailed analysis of such developments, and the macroeconomic environment and the economic growth variables show a relatively sizable degree of variance.
- Moldova - Public Economic Management Review
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November 23, 2007 14:26
Unfavorable initial conditions, and extreme vulnerability to external shocks, as experienced by Moldova's economic transition, culminated in the 1998 regional financial crisis, which fostered the need for radical fiscal retrenchment, namely, reductions in social sectors expenditures. Currently, and despite a seemingly reasonable, attainable growth, the challenge for the Government is to improve basic outcomes in social sectors, and address inequities in access to basic social services.
- Azerbaijan - Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and Joint assessments
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November 23, 2007 14:28
The Government of Azerbaijan developed a comprehensive, and participatory plan for reducing poverty, as reflected in this Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP), which provides an analysis of poverty, proposes policies to reduce it, and, outlines the existing, and future consultation process.
- On the contribution of demographic change to aggregate poverty measures for the developing world
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November 23, 2007 15:07
The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have higher death rates-accounts for 10-30 percent of the developing world's trend rate of "$1 a day" poverty reduction in the 1990s. However, in a neighborhood of plausible estimates, differential fertility-whereby poorer people tend also to have higher birth rates-has had a more than offsetting poverty-increasing effect.
- Russia - Reducing poverty through growth and social policy reform
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November 23, 2007 16:24
The report is based on analysis of the main facets and dynamics of poverty in Russia since 1997. The analysis was conducted over the past two years by Russian and international experts in the framework of the first stage of the program on "enhancing the measurement, monitoring, and analysis of poverty".
- Tajikistan - Poverty assessment update
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November 23, 2007 16:27
The primary purpose of this paper is to update the Poverty Assessment from June, 2000, and to give an assessment of the poverty situation in Tajikistan in 2003 and changes since 1999.
- Kazakhstan - Dimensions of poverty in Kazakhstan
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November 23, 2007 16:28
This report assesses the living conditions in Kazakhstan during 2001-2002, especially as concerning the poor. Based upon consultations with the Government, research institutes, and nongovernmental organizations, three key questions related to poverty were identified as critical to understanding the current situation, and to developing a poverty reduction strategy.
- Profile of living standards in Kazakhstan in 2002
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November 23, 2007 16:30
This report assesses the living conditions in Kazakhstan during 2001-2002, especially as concerning the poor. Based upon consultations with the Government, research institutes, and nongovernmental organizations, three key questions related to poverty were identified as critical to understanding the current situation, and to developing a poverty reduction strategy.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Poverty assessment (Vol. 1 of 2)
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November 23, 2007 16:31
The report consists of two volumes. The first volume contains the main Poverty Assessment report, integrating various data sources and inputs from local counterparts. The second volume provides an in-depth analysis of the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS), jointly implemented by the Bank, and the Republika Srpska Statistical Institute (RSIS), the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Statistical Institute (FIS), and the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Agency for Statistics (BHAS). This report presents the most comprehensive analysis of poverty in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) to date, whose calculations suggest that poverty - defined as lack of adequate consumption - is quite substantial, affecting every fifth citizen. Poverty is substantial compared to some neighboring countries.
- Kyrgyz Republic - Public Expenditure Review : fiscal policies for growth and poverty reduction (Vol. 1 of 2)
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November 23, 2007 16:33
This Public Expenditure Review (PER) has sought to provide a strategic framework for fiscal adjustment and public expenditure reform, consistent with the government's objectives for accelerated growth and poverty reduction.
- Kyrgyz Republic - Public Expenditure Review : fiscal policies for growth and poverty reduction (Vol. 2 of 2)
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November 23, 2007 16:33
This Public Expenditure Review (PER) has sought to provide a strategic framework for fiscal adjustment and public expenditure reform, consistent with the government's objectives for accelerated growth and poverty reduction.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Poverty assessment (Vol. 2 of 2)
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November 23, 2007 16:35
The report consists of two volumes. The first volume contains the main Poverty Assessment report, integrating various data sources and inputs from local counterparts. The second volume provides an in-depth analysis of the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS), jointly implemented by the Bank, and the Republika Srpska Statistical Institute (RSIS), the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Statistical Institute (FIS), and the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Agency for Statistics (BHAS). This report presents the most comprehensive analysis of poverty in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) to date, whose calculations suggest that poverty - defined as lack of adequate consumption - is quite substantial, affecting every fifth citizen. Poverty is substantial compared to some neighboring countries.
- Serbia and Montenegro - Poverty assessment (Vol. 1 of 2)
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November 23, 2007 16:36
This Poverty Assessment is the first output of a multi-year program adopted by the World Bank to assist the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro in the development and implementation of their Poverty Reduction Strategies. Based on data collected in 2002, the report finds that absolute material poverty affects every tenth person in both Serbia and Montenegro.
- Serbia and Montenegro - Poverty assessment (Vol. 2 of 2)
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November 23, 2007 16:37
This Poverty Assessment is the first output of a multi-year program adopted by the World Bank to assist the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro in the development and implementation of their Poverty Reduction Strategies. Based on data collected in 2002, the report finds that absolute material poverty affects every tenth person in both Serbia and Montenegro.
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