Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Reducing Poverty"”.
-
The Impact of Education on Reducing Poverty in South Asia
… primary, secondary education attainment and poverty in South Asia. The countries of examination include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Maldives. The primary function of this research is to determine if primary and secondary education attainment of …
-
A path to social development : the contribution of a micro-level programme in reducing poverty and enhancing capabilities: a case study
… in the City of Cape Town metropolitan area by reducing poverty and expanding capabilities. Jobstart is a programme in the Economic Development Focus area of the Catholic Welfare and Development (CWD) agency. Jobstart provides accredited courses for the hospitality industry and assists and …
-
Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies
… on labour market policy evaluation and their poverty impacts in general, and minimum wages and wage subsidies in particular, both in terms of the theoretical and descriptive analyses provided. Various possible modelling approaches are explored, with careful consideration of the advantages and …
-
The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Selected Cooperatives in the Four Local Municipalities of Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Poverty and unemployment are the main problems facing many people in the Vhembe District Municipality. Due to these main problems, most people turn into farming as a tool to reduce poverty, ensure food security and create employment in their rural communities. Because of high production and …
-
The Role of Aid for Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Poverty Reduction: A Panel Data Analysis of 91 Developing Countries
… and use trade to achieve economic growth and poverty reduction. Since its inception at the 2005 Hong Kong ministerial conference, AFT has become viewed as a crucial tool for helping developing countries and donors continue to shift their attention to AFT programs, even in times of prolonged …
-
Entrepreneurship: a means to poverty reduction in rural northern Ghana?
Poverty has long been a developmental challenge in the Global South in general and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Consequently, over recent decades different strategies and programmes such as the Millennium Development Goals have been employed to reduce poverty and to improve the quality of …
-
Foreign aid in Africa : an analysis of its costs and benefits
… by, among other things, stimulating growth, reducing poverty and improving governance. While Africa has received massive inflows of aid since the 1960s, the Continent is still saddled with a number of challenges. These include, poor economic performance, growing poverty, a high level of …
-
THE IMPACT OF RURAL BANKS’ MICROFINANCE INTERVENTIONS ON POVERTY REDUCTIONS AMONG THE FISHING COMMUNITIES IN GHANA
… and credit market as an effective tool for poverty reduction and rural socio-economic development. However, poverty still denies many people in developing economies their basic needs. Nearly three decades after the global community welcomed the advent of microfinance as a tool for poverty …
-
An asssessment of development aid to Namibia
… to promote good governance, economic growth and reducing poverty. International aid did not came as a surprise, the independence of Namibia came as a result of an international peace settlement and a large number of nations promised to help Namibia in her process of social and economic …
-
Improving Productivity and Quality Of Cotton through Integrated Management and Input Linkage in Ng’hoboko, Isengwa And Mwafuguji Village Meatu District
This project aimed at reducing poverty among rural cotton in Ng’hoboko, Isengwa and Mwafuguji villages. It is implemented by Tanzania cotton board being financed by her development partners EU and TGT. During community need assessment (CNA) it was found that farmers in the respective villages are …
-
Essays on household incomes and public policies
… benefits in Bulgaria in terms of targeting and poverty reduction. Finally, Chapter 4 studies how income poverty is affected by hypothetical changes to the scale of both tax and benefit policies and investigates which are the most cost-effective policies in reducing poverty or limiting its …
-
"MICROFINANCE AS A DETERMINANT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH: WHO IS AT RISK?"
… While microfinance programs are aimed at reducing poverty, they may have unintended consequence and contribute to domestic violence or Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Using nationally representative data from the Urban Health Survey (2006), I study the association between microfinance …
-
Modes of governance and public service efficiency
… destitute, the efficiency of social transfers in reducing poverty is damaged.
-
The role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania: Ddscipline, redistribute, include, invest /
… at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction …
-
Piniginių socialinių išmokų vaidmuo mažinant skurdą Lietuvoje: disciplinuoti, perskirstyti, įtraukti, investuoti /
… at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction …
-
New possibilities for expanding Pan-African commerce
… the role of wage-led growth strategies in reducing poverty and improving income distribution, with examples from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme. Ultimately, the study contributes to a nuanced understanding of Pan-African commerce and offers critical insights into the factors …
-
The Role of Rural Roads Construction in Reducing Rural Poverty in Tanzania : The Case Study of Mwandiga- Manyovu Road Network in Kigoma Region
… analyze the role of rural roads construction in reducing poverty in rural areas in Tanzania. Descriptive Qualitative and Quantitative analysis were conducted taking into account experience of the people along Mwandiga Manyovu road network, in Kigoma Region, Tanzania. Data were collected using the …
-
A study of the factors impacting on the effectiveness of SMMEs in the Mafikeng area
… as an important vehicle for creating employment, reducing poverty, enabling industrialisation process, reducing income inequality and providing desirable sustainability in the economy as a whole. In order to achieve the main objective outlined above, the researcher formulated the following main …
-
Cash Transfers: Ladders or Handouts? An Analysis of Community Targeted Social Cash Transfers, Machinga District, Malawi
… extent social cash transfers help the poor in reducing poverty; not only in income terms but also in relation to how they build on their capabilities and address gender inequality, risk and vulnerability. The thesis explores these questions through an analysis of a community targeted social …
-
Financial Development and Poverty Reduction in South Africa
… significant and persistently high levels of poverty. Intrinsically, this research examines the relationship between financial development and the reduction of poverty in South Africa. The research employed the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) technique based on annual data from 1980 to …
Page 1 of 4