Browsing by Author "Gibson, John"
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The sensitivity of poverty analysis to dimensionality and distribution sensitivity: Evidence from district level of Pakistan
(The University of Waikato, 2022)An awareness of how the findings from poverty analyses may change following introduction of multidimensional poverty measures is crucial for policy makers. This thesis highlights the changes in results of poverty analysis ... -
The informal sector’s contribution to the economic wellbeing of people in Timor-Leste
(The University of Waikato, 2019)It is widely believed that the informal sector is growing in the modern global economy. When studying who occupies this informal sector and the nature of their business, the universal tendency is to describe the informal ... -
Civil conflict and international migration in Nepal
(The University of Waikato, 2020)A growing literature studies the causes and consequences of civil conflict. Several of these studies are of Nepal’s civil conflict that lasted for a decade from 1996. Coincident with this conflict was a surge in work-related ... -
Women as industrial labour: an enquiry into economic and social consequences of growth of garments manufacturing in Bangladesh
(The University of Waikato, 2002)Over the last quarter century, the readymade garments industry has emerged as the main export-earning manufacturing industry in Bangladesh. The industry is the first to employ women in large numbers in the formal manufacturing ... -
Trends in the factor markets and their effects on labour absorption: A study on the Sri Lankan manufacturing industry
(The University of Waikato, 2004)Nearly one in ten labour force participants is out of work in Sri Lanka currently. This unemployment rate is much higher than that of most countries in the Asian region which have been following economic policies similar ...