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of globalization. Ravallion views the issue through both macro and micro empirical lenses. The macro lens uses cross … impacts of specific trade reforms. The author presents case studies for China and Morocco. Both the macro and micro approaches … cast doubt on some wide generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro lens indicates …
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of "globalization." The author views the issue through both "macro" and "micro" empirical lenses. The macro lens uses … modeling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. The author presents case studies for China and Morocco. Both the macro and … micro approaches cast doubt on some wide generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro …
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The Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) rates from the 2011 round of the International Comparison Program (ICP) imply some dramatic revisions to price levels and real incomes across the world. The paper tries to understand these changes. Domestic inflation rates account for a share of the PPP changes,...
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have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about … greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward.This paper - product of the Poverty Team, Development Research … Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to contribute to the ongoing debate on globalization …
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progress is being made against poverty and inequality in the current period of quot;globalization.quot; Ravallion provides a …-oriented debates on globalization and pro-poor growth.This paper - a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group - is part …
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have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about … greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward …
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The paper critically assesses prevailing measures of global poverty. A welfarist interpretation of global poverty lines is augmented by the idea of normative functionings, the cost of which varies across countries. In this light, current absolute measures are seen to ignore important social...
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How unequal is the world today? Is global income inequality falling, as many economists claim, or is it rising, as one often hears? This paper reviews the arguments and evidence. A number of concerns about the underlying data are identified, with biases going in both directions. Conceptual...
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The Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) rates from the 2011 round of the International Comparison Program (ICP) imply some dramatic revisions to price levels and real incomes across the world. The paper tries to understand these changes. Domestic inflation rates account for a share of the PPP changes,...
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