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The 2009 Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (“Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi” Commission) concluded that we should move away from over-reliance on GDP when assessing a country’s health, towards a broader dashboard of indicators that would reflect concerns such...
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evidence on income distribution and poverty covers, for the first time, all 30 OECD countries in the mid-2000s, while …
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This book is based on an exceptional event in December 2000 which brought together civil society from the poor countries and OECD experts. It emerges that globalisation can have a positive impact in poor countries, but only if policies encouraging a more equitable distribution of human and...
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enjoyed rising living standards over two decades of strong economic growth. The incidence of poverty is now much lower and …
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This publication is based on an exceptional event which brought together civil society from the poor countries and OECD experts. The first-hand expertise of civil society is a priceless asset for understanding the everyday effects of economic change
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Fighting poverty remains a top priority and a key challenge to many countries including in Latin America and the … Caribbean (LAC). Although LAC countries have strengthened their competition policy in the past decade, poverty has increased in … seems relevant to address the role of competition policy in poverty reduction, including the question on how competition …
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This paper explores the impact of competition on inequality by developing a new model to illustrate how higher profits from market power, and associated higher prices, could influence the distribution of wealth and income. It analyses data from eight OECD countries – Canada, France, Germany,...
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