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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2005

Reference: Challenge, January/February, 1979

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Hedonic Prices Indexes for New Passenger Cars in Portugal (1997- 2001)

Reis, Hugo J.; Silva, J.M.C. Santos - EconWPA - 2003

This paper evaluates the effects of quality change on the price index for new passenger cars in Portugal for the years 1997-2001. Hedonic regression models are studied, giving particular emphasis to the relation between the form of the price index and the specification of the hedonic equation...

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The Water Poverty Index: an International Comparison

Lawrence, Peter; Meigh, Jeremy; Sullivan, Caroline - EconWPA - 2002

This paper reports on the construction of an International Water Poverty Index, part of the first phase of a research project into building a locally based version of the index. The purpose of the Water Poverty Index is to express an interdisciplinary measure which links household welfare with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550987

Is Islam really a development blockade? 12 predictors of development, including membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference, and their influence on 14 indicators of develo...

TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005

With all the talk in Europe about “Islam” and “Muslim culture” it is surprising how little hard-core empirical evidence exists on the compatibility of “Muslim culture” with positive patterns of political, social, and ecological development in the world system in the 1980s, 1990s, and...

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Tectonic shifts in the structures of international inequality?

TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005

The article analyses further develops the neo-dependency approach already presented by the same author and looks at recent time series trends in the structure of international capital penetration, international savings, and the dynamics of “unequal transfer” and their effects on social...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556011

GLOBAL INCOME INEQUALITY: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS?

Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2005

The paper presents a non-technical summary of the current state of debate on the measurement and implications of global inequality (inequality between citizens of the world). It discusses the relationship between globalization and global inequality. It shows why global inequality matters and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134594

Ghost of 0.7%: Origins and Relevance of the International Aid Target

Clemens, Michael; Moss, Todd - EconWPA - 2005

a cause célèbre for aid activists and has been accepted in many official quarters as the legitimate target for aid … an aid goal of just 0.01% of rich-country GDP for the poorest countries and negative aid flows to the developing world as … a whole. We do not claim in any way that this is the 'right' amount of aid, but only that this exercise lays bare the …

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How Did Malawi Accumulate External Debt

Stambuli, P. Kalonga - EconWPA - 2003

Further to investigation of how Malawi accumulated external debts amounting to $2.7 billion, without a corresponding growth in the economy, exports capability or poverty reduction this paper much of the borrowing contracted during 1973-82 was consumed by balance of payments deficits caused by...

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A comment on “The End of Poverty”

Glinavos, Ioannis - EconWPA - 2005

Review of 'The End of Poverty' by Jeffrey Sachs

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Paris Club Debt Relief, Traditional Frameworks and Implications for Poor Country Debt

Stambuli, P. Kalonga - EconWPA - 2003

This paper examines economic rationale and efficiency effects of proposals directed at alleviating debt problems of poor countries. Key to the investigation is determination of whether proposed mechanisms tackle fundamental causes of the debt crisis. The paper finds that despite the enthusiasm...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408158

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