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Author Kapsos, Steven

Title Estimating Growth Requirements for Reducing Working Poverty : Can the World Halve Working Poverty by 2015?
Published Geneva : International Labour Office, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (46 pages)
Series Employment Strategy Papers 2004/14
Employment Strategy Papers 2004/14
Contents Cover; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions of working poor; 3. Methodology; 4. Results; 5. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Countries included in analysis; Appendix 2. Data coverage by year and region; Appendix 3. Regression results for poverty estimates; Appendix 4. Assessment of poverty estimates; Appendix 5. World and regional aggregation methodology; Bibliography
Summary Using definitions of working poverty established by Nomaan Majid for the 2001 World Employment Report and by Stefan Berger and Claire Harasty in an 2002 ILO Employment Paper, estimates the number of and working poor for the years 1980-2004. Gives GDP growth rates required to halve the share of working poor from their 1990 levels by 2015
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789221166740
9221166740