METHODOLOGY FOR TARGETING REGIONAL INVESTMENTS BASED ON THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX AND INVESTMENT FORECASTS
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23052880Abstract
The article presents a methodology for managing investments aimed at poverty reduction by consistently integrating multidimensional poverty assessment, causal identification of project effects, marginal efficiency assessment, and the transformation of investment forecasts into management decisions. Only results contained in the source materials are used, including the Multidimensional Poverty Index framework, results-based financing, remittance-based credit scoring, and existing ARIMA forecasts for Kashkadarya region.Keywords
poverty reduction, multidimensional poverty index, investment methodology, investment forecast, ARIMA, results-based financing, credit scoring, monitoring and evaluationReferences
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