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Heinrich, Ralph P.; Koop, Michael J.; Boss, Alfred; … - 1996

Die Sozialpolitik im Transformationsprozeß Mittel- und Osteuropas bedarf dringend der Korrektur. Die bisherige Politik … bisherige Sozialpolitik Polens, Tschechiens und Rußlands und zeigt Wege zu einer Reform auf, die mit der Systemtransformation … von der Plan- zur Marktwirtschaft konsistent ist. Um die Kosten der Sozialpolitik zu begrenzen, sollten bestehende …

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Global economic solutions : proposals from the Global Economic Symposium

Brown, Alessio J. G. (contributor); … - 2009

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Global economic solutions : proposals from the Global Economic Symposium

Brown, Alessio J. G. (contributor); … - 2010

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Lessons from World Bank research on financial crises

Development Research Group - 2008

"The benefits of financial development and globalization have come with continuing fragility in financial sectors. Periodic crises have had real but heterogeneous welfare impacts and not just for poor people; indeed, some of the conditions that foster deep and persistent poverty, such as lack of...

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Timing and duration of exposure in evaluations of social programs

King, Elizabeth M. - 2008

"Impact evaluations aim to measure the outcomes that can be attributed to a specific policy or intervention. Although there have been excellent reviews of the different methods that an evaluator can choose in order to estimate impact, there has not been sufficient attention given to questions...

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Dividing the spoils : pensions, privatization, and reform in Russia's transition

Kapstein, Ethan B. - 2000

The gains from the transition in post-communist Russia were captured by the new managerial class, which won rents from the state in the form of privatized enterprises, state subsidies, credits, and opportunities for tax evasion. Those rents reduced state revenues that could have supported social...

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Poverty in Russia : public policy and private responses

Klugman, Jeni (contributor) - 1997

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Tackling Poverty in Northern Ghana

World Bank - 2012

Twenty years of rapid economic development in Ghana has done little, if anything, to reduce the historical North, South divide in standards of living. While rural development and urbanization have led to significant poverty reduction in the South, similar dynamics have been largely absent from...

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Ghana : Improving the Targeting of Social Programs

World Bank - 2012

This study, a draft of which was shared with the Government of Ghana in November 2009, provides a basic diagnostic of the benefit incidence and targeting performance of a large number of social programs in Ghana. Both broad-based programs (such as spending for education and health, and subsidies...

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Azerbaijan - Demographic Change : Implications for Social Policy and Poverty

World Bank - 2012

This note provides an overview of demographic changes in Azerbaijan and their policy implications. Azerbaijan's population is younger than the populations of most countries in the region. It is estimated that the population in Azerbaijan will increase from about 7.2 million in 1990 to 10.6...

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