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Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
World Bank - 2012
Nicaragua is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$1000 in 2006, and a total population of 5.2 million, it is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Forty six percent of the population lived...
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South Africa Economic Update, No. 11 : Jobs and Inequality
World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 2018
This report reviews South Africa's recent economic and social developments. It underlines that South Africa's current economic rebound may not be sustained if the fundamental factors undermining its growth potential are not boldly addressed. This includes in particular income inequality, which...
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Brazil : Inequality and Economic Development, Volume 2. Background Papers
World Bank - 2013
The present Report is motivated by the coming together o f three widespread perceptions about inequality, two somewhat newer and one long-standing. The two newer ones are; (i) that inequality may matter for the country's economic development, and (ii) that public policy can and should do...
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South Africa Economic Update, July 2012 : Focus on Inequality of Opportunity
World Bank - 2012
Section one provides an economic update and assesses the challenges and near-term prospects facing the South African economy. In particular, it looks at the implications for South Africa of the resurgence of uncertainty in global financial markets, the surge in capital flows to safe-haven...
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
World Bank - 2013
The study analyzes Chile's strong economic growth, and well directed social programs, a combination that reduced the poverty rate in half, during a period of just eleven years. The previously noted trends in falling poverty, in terms of incidence, depth, and severity, continued into 1998, and...
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Mexico : Earnings Inequality after Mexico's Economic and Educational Reforms, Volume 2. Background Papers
World Bank - 2013
The study reviews the forces driving Mexico's inequality, in particular, the recent expansion in earnings inequality, emphasizing the roles of education on: establishing an analytical framework, that allows interaction between education, and labor market; examining the evolution of earnings...
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Some small countries do it better : rapid growth and its causes in Singapore, Ireland, and Finland
Yusuf, Shahid - 2012
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Energy efficiency : lessons learned from success stories
Stuggins, Gary - 2013
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Ireland Workforce Development : SABER Multiyear Country Report 2012
World Bank - 2012
Ireland has consistently supported workforce development (WfD) as a key element of economic development. This study has … 1980-2000. This was a period of rapid expansion of Ireland's economy and major reform in WfD policies. The findings will … development in Ireland. The tool is based on an analytical framework that identifies three functional dimensions of WfD policies …
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Case Study 1 - Ireland : Participation in Macroeconomic Policy Making and Reform
World Bank - 2012
Since 1987, Ireland has developed five "social partnership" agreements, with the latest launched in February 2000 … 1999 to February 2000. The idea of social partnerships evolved in the late 80s when Ireland was going through a tough …
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