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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730640
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Spatial inequalities explained: evidence from Burkina Faso
Gräb, Johannes; Grimm, Michael - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005589950
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Does inequality in health impede growth?
Grimm, Michael - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of inequality in health on economic growth in low and middle income countries. The empirical part of the paper uses an original cross-national panel data set covering 62 low and middle income countries over the period 1985 to 2007. I find a substantial and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210413
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Accumulation, industrialization and the peasantry : a reinterpretation of the Tanzanian experience
Wuyts, Wuyts, M.E. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730489
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Import support aid : experiences from Tanzania and Zambia
White, Howard - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730751
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Accumulation, industrialization and the peasantry : a reinterpretation of the Tanzanian experience
WUYTS, M. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005442211
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Import support aid : experiences from Tanzania and Zambia
WHITE, H. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005589962
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210410
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210411
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011253006