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What explains the success or failure of structural adjustment programs?

Dollar, David; Svensson, Jakob - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1998

In the 1980s development assistance shifted largely from financing investments (such as roads and dams) to promoting policy reform. This change came because of a growing awareness that developing countries were held back more by poor policies than by a lack of finance for investment. After...

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Globalization, poverty, and inequality since 1980

Dollar, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

One of the most contentious issues of globalization is the effect of global economic integration on inequality and … developing world population living on less than $1 per day was cut in half since 1981. Trend #3: Global inequality (among … citizens of the world) has declined - modestly -- reversing a 200-year-old trend toward higher inequality. Trend #4: There is …

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Reform, growth, and poverty in Vietnam

Dollar, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002

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, the introduction of positive real interest rates,...

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Aid, policies, and growth

Burnside, Craig; Dollar, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997

The authors of this paper use a new database on foreign aid to examine the relationships among foreign aid, economic policies, and growth of per capita GDP. In panel growth regressions for 56 developing countries and 6 four-year periods (1970-93), they find that the policies that have a great...

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Poverty, inequality, and social disparities during China's economic reform

Dollar, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2007

percent in 2004. At the same time, however, different kinds of disparities have increased. Income inequality has risen … working class. There have also been increases in inequality of health and education outcomes. Some rise in inequality was … inevitable as China introduced a market system, but inequality may have been exacerbated rather than mitigated by a number of …

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Growth is good for the poor

Dollar, David; Kraay, Aart - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 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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Aid, the incentive regime, and poverty reduction

Burnside, Craig; Dollar, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1998

Spurring growth in the developing world is one stated objective of foreign aid. Another, more commonly cited, objective is reducing poverty. Generally poverty reduction and growth go hand in hand, but could aid mitigate poverty without measurably affecting growth? The authors examine how foreign...

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Growth still is good for the poor

Dollar, David; Kleineberg, Tatjana; Kraay, Aart - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

conditioning on a variety of country-level factors that may matter for growth and inequality changes. This evidence confirms the …

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Growth, inequality, and social welfare : cross-country evidence

Dollar, David; Kleineberg, Tatjana; Kraay, Aart - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

relative importance of growth and inequality changes for changes in social welfare. In a large panel of industrial and … due to changes in average incomes. In contrast, the changes in inequality observed during this period are on average much …

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