2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries
| Project/Area Number |
22530248
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Kobe University (2012)
Ritsumeikan University (2010-2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 貧困削減 / 開発経済学 / 国際開発 / HIV/AIDS / マイクロ・ファイナンス / 児童就学 / 児童労働 |
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| Research Abstract |
Under this research project, the following papers were written. First, one paper investigated the mechanism under which orphans in sub-Saharan Africa lagged behind in educational progression. Second, other two papers examined whether participation in microcredit programs in Malawi had a positive impact on child schooling, and also enhanced farmer’s coping abilities against risk. Another paper was written for the purpose of evaluating the impacts of microfinance programs in rural India.In addition, some other papers by using the data set collected in Indonesia tried to draw implications of infrastructure provision, particular irrigation and rural roads, for economic growth. All these papers aimed at making some policy suggestions for poverty alleviation.
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