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We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its sources, and investigate how it was affected by government social policy. We find evidence of only a small decline in inequality...
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, which be associated with an increase in poverty of about 75 million people. Policy responses more effective than those in …
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This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...
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Economic adjustment and reform programs, including those supported by international financial institutions (IFIs), must cope with informational asymmetries and special interest politics. This presents a particularly serious issue when IFIs make structural economic reforms a condition for...
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This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty through its impact on human development …
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, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that …
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under review accrues to families whose own resources fall short of the poverty line. The paper then proposes a new means …
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for poverty alleviation. Although there are likely to be substantial efficiency gains from tariff reductions, these accrue … costeffective approach to poverty alleviation. Such an approach should be financed by switching revenue raising from rice tariffs to …
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Throughout the world, the great popularity of programs to protect those who may fall into poverty stands in contrast … with the weakness of policies aimed at helping individuals who are already poor to overcome long-term poverty. In the paper …, an OLG model with persistent poverty and limited social mobility is used to explore some of the reasons for the different …
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