Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings

Madagascar remains among the poorest countries in the world, and has shown little improvement in indicators of the well-being of its population over recent years. The economy faces an array of challenges in reducing poverty, including an unfavorabl...

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Main Authors:	Osborne, Theresa, Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
Subjects:	POVERTY EMPLOYMENT JOBS INEQUALITY VULNERABILITY ECONOMIC GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION LABOR MARKET PRODUCTIVITY TRAPS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/413071489776943644/Shifting-fortunes-and-enduring-poverty-in-Madagascar-recent-findings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26303

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spelling	okr-10986-263032021-05-25T08:58:53Z Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings Osborne, Theresa Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine POVERTY EMPLOYMENT JOBS INEQUALITY VULNERABILITY ECONOMIC GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION LABOR MARKET PRODUCTIVITY TRAPS Madagascar remains among the poorest countries in the world, and has shown little improvement in indicators of the well-being of its population over recent years. The economy faces an array of challenges in reducing poverty, including an unfavorable investment climate, severe infrastructure deficits, and political instability. This report synthesizes the insights obtained from a series of five papers on poverty, inequality, labor markets, and returns to agricultural and nonfarm enterprises in Madagascar over the period 2001-12. These papers draw on a combination of empirical techniques, household living standards data, and firm-level data to elucidate key dynamics and structural issues driving poverty and welfare (in all cases measured as per capita consumption) over this dozen-year period. 2017-03-27T17:12:04Z 2017-03-27T17:12:04Z 2016-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/413071489776943644/Shifting-fortunes-and-enduring-poverty-in-Madagascar-recent-findings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26303 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Africa Madagascar
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spellingShingle	POVERTY EMPLOYMENT JOBS INEQUALITY VULNERABILITY ECONOMIC GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION LABOR MARKET PRODUCTIVITY TRAPS Osborne, Theresa Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings
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description	Madagascar remains among the poorest countries in the world, and has shown little improvement in indicators of the well-being of its population over recent years. The economy faces an array of challenges in reducing poverty, including an unfavorable investment climate, severe infrastructure deficits, and political instability. This report synthesizes the insights obtained from a series of five papers on poverty, inequality, labor markets, and returns to agricultural and nonfarm enterprises in Madagascar over the period 2001-12. These papers draw on a combination of empirical techniques, household living standards data, and firm-level data to elucidate key dynamics and structural issues driving poverty and welfare (in all cases measured as per capita consumption) over this dozen-year period.
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author	Osborne, Theresa Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine
author_facet	Osborne, Theresa Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine
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title	Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings
title_short	Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings
title_full	Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings
title_fullStr	Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings
title_full_unstemmed	Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings
title_sort	shifting fortunes and enduring poverty in madagascar : recent findings
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/413071489776943644/Shifting-fortunes-and-enduring-poverty-in-Madagascar-recent-findings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26303
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Shifting Fortunes and Enduring Poverty in Madagascar : Recent Findings

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