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'Restoring Hope: Reinvigorating the Millennium Development Goals' assesses how the world is doing in meeting the MDGs--international development targets that all UN member countries and many international organizations have set for 2015. Our lead article, 'Regaining Momentum,' says that while...
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Prize or Penalty: When Sports Help Economies Score"" looks at why countries vie to host the world's most costly sporting events. And, in a series of articles on ""After the Crisis,"" we discuss why some countries were hit harder than others; how were shocks transmitted round the world, and...
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Poverty Index to be part of a data revolution to guide the fight against poverty. According to Alkire, learning to meditate … better poverty metrics coincides with growing doubts about the ability of conventional statistics, especially GDP, to gauge …
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with economic growth, a reduction in poverty, and the absence of destructive trade wars. It built a comity that encourages …
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reforms in India; Martin Ravallion and Dominique van de Walle draw lessons on reducing poverty from Vietnam's agrarian reforms …
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The June 2008 issue tackles the crisis in financial markets in industrial countries from a number of angles. Articles look at the origins of the crisis in the subprime mortgage market in the United States and track its spillover into other markets. Then authors examine what can be done to...
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Commodity Boom: How Long Will It Last?"" asks how economies will fare after the record-high prices of key raw materials posted in recent months, which build on dramatic increases from their lows of 2000. The lead article warns that the impact on headline inflation levels might persist throughout...
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For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty …
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For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty …
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For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty …
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