Empirical investigations of poverty in developing countries tend to focus on the incidence of poverty at a particular point in time. If the incidence of poverty increases, however, there is no information about how many new poor have joined the existing poor and how many people have escaped poverty. Yet this distinction is of crucial policy importance. The chronically poor may need programs to enhance their human and physical capital endowments. Invalids...
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1995/08/31
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政策研究报告
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WPS1499
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2010/07/01
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The dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others don't - an African case study
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rural area