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Azerbaijan's oil and gas boom presents a rare opportunity to accelerate improvements in the quality of life of all its citizens. Its per capita income is $5,100 in 2008, up nearly 400 percent from 2004 in current USD terms; it could potentially exceed $6,500 by 2013 and higher beyond that....
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the possible patterns of inequality in China in the future, and outlines policy options that could help accomplish China …
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Economic activity picked up in China in early 2024, buoyed by stronger exports. Meanwhile, growth in domestic demand … market correction continued. In the long term, China's rapidly aging population will have wide-ranging economic impacts, but … learning are measures that could expand China's workforce and make it more productive …
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Mozambique has staged a dramatic recovery from the damage of the civil war, improving infrastructure nearly to pre-war levels; reducing poverty from 69 to 54 percent; growing the economy by 8 percent annually between 1996 and 2003; expanding the agricultural, tourism construction and manufacturing...
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Since 1987, Ireland has developed five "social partnership" agreements, with the latest launched in February 2000 called the "Program for Prosperity and Fairness"1. This program outlines a comprehensive set of economic and social objectives finalized over extensive consultations among the...
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