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Spatial inequalities explained: evidence from Burkina Faso

Grimm, Michael; Gräb, Gräb, J. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

Empirical evidence suggests that regional disparities in incomes are often very high, that these disparities do not necessarily disappear as economies grow and that these disparities are itself an important driver of growth. We use a novel approach based on multilevel modeling to decompose the...

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Spatial inequalities explained: evidence from Burkina Faso

Gräb, Johannes; Grimm, Michael - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005589950

Understanding the diversity of conceptions of well-being and quality of life

Gasper, Gasper, D.R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

The concepts of well-being and quality of life concern evaluative judgements. There is insufficient understanding in current literature that these judgements are made variously due to not only use of differing values and differing research instruments but also differing standpoints, differing...

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Capitalism and human flourishing? : the strange story of the bias to activity and the downgrading of work.

Gasper, Des - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

What interpretation of human flourishing, what ideas of value does capitalism in practice embody and promote? To address this question the paper clarifies first that ‘capitalism’ must be understood as more than merely a system of private property and markets. It contains ‘the prerogative...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602801

Understanding the diversity of conceptions of well-being and quality of life

Gasper, Des - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602813

Capitalism and human flourishing?

Gasper, Gasper, D.R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

What interpretation of human flourishing, what ideas of value does capitalism in practice embody and promote? To address this question the paper clarifies first that "capitalism" must be understood as more than merely a system of private property and markets. It contains "the prerogative of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011205390

Economic growth, employment and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa

Messkoub, Messkoub, M. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008

This paper provides an assessment of economic growth, employment and poverty reduction in the Arab MENA region …. Considering the high rate of unemployment (especially the youth unemployment) and poverty in most countries in the region … employment and poverty impacts of growth are of particular concern to policy makers. In the short run for employment growth to be …

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Forest management in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua : reform failures?

Pellegrini, Pellegrini, L. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

conclude that there is a reform failure matched by a failure to reform. The Poverty Reduction Strategies of the three countries …

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Accountability in formal and informal institutions: a cross country analysis

de Wit, de Wit, J.W.; Akinyoade, Akinyoade, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008

The concept and practices of accountability enjoy considerable interest today, not least due to the World Development Report WDR 2004 on service delivery, which formulated the ëtriangle of accountabilityí - specifying relations between the poor, service providers, policy makers and...

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Linking the poor to new modalities in service delivery. Partnership innovations in solid waste management in Bogotá, Colombia

Gomez, Georgina Mercedes; Turcotte, Turcotte, I. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2012

public service provision while aiming to improve the livelihoods of the poor and overcome the institutional nature of poverty …

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