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Dollar, David - 2013

Vietnam grew rapidly in the 1990s, and yet by many measures it has poor economic institutions. Dollar seeks to explain … this apparent anomaly. Between the 1980s and 1990s Vietnam carried out significant economic reforms, notably stabilization …. Relating these changes to the empirical growth literature, the author finds that Vietnam's growth acceleration is about what …

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Simulating Poverty in Europe : The Potential Contributions of Employment and Education to Reducing Poverty and Social Exclusion by 2020

Ajwad, Mohamed I.; Simler, Kenneth; Azam, Mehtabul - 2014

This paper sheds light on the impact of improving employment and education conditions on poverty and social exclusion indicators. More specifically, it answers the following question: Will achieving the Europe 2020 national targets on employment and education lead countries to achieve the Europe...

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Growth Still Is Good for the Poor

Dollar, David; Kleineberg, Tatjana; Kraay, Aart - 2013

Incomes in the poorest two quintiles on average increase at the same rate as overall average incomes. This is because, in a global dataset spanning 118 countries over the past four decades, changes in the share of income of the poorest quintiles are generally small and uncorrelated with changes...

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Poverty, Inequality, and Social Disparities During China's Economic Reform

Dollar, David - 2012

China has been the most rapidly growing economy in the world over the past 25 years. This growth has fueled a … poor areas and poor households, and rebalance the economy away from investment and exports toward domestic consumption and …

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Trade, Growth, and Poverty

Dollar, David; Kraay, Aart - 2001

The evidence from individual cases and from cross-country analysis supports the view that globalization leads to faster growth and poverty reduction in poor countries. To determine the effect of globalization on growth, poverty, and inequality, the authors first identify a group of developing...

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Growth is Good for the Poor

Dollar, David; Kraay, Aart - 2001

When average income rises, the average incomes of the poorest fifth of society rise proportionately. This is a consequence of the strong empirical regularity that the share of income accruing to the bottom quintile does not vary systematically with average income. The authors document this...

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