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Adverse Geography and Differences in Welfare in Peru
Escobal, Javier; Torero, Maximo - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031698
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Linkages between Pro-Poor Growth, Social Programmes and Labour Market: The Recent Brazilian Experience
Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo; Son, Hyun H. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973327
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Producing an Improved Geographic Profile of Poverty: Methodology and Evidence from Three Developing Countries
Demombynes, Gabriel; Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Jenny; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059979
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Women.s empowerment: what works and why?
Cornwall, Andrea - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
Revisiting foundational feminist work on the concept of empowerment from the 1980s and 1990s, this paper draws on the findings of a multi-country research programme, .Pathways of Women.s Empowerment., to explore pathways of positive change in women.s live
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076158
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The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution in Latin America.s Post-Adjustment Era
Roberts, Kenneth M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
Declining social and economic inequalities since the late 1990s coincided with several basic shifts in Latin America.s political landscape, including an electoral turn to the left and a revival of social mobilization from below. These shifts helped to .repoliticize. inequality and return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653090
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Three Decades of Neoliberal Economics in Chile: Achievements, Failures and Dilemmas
Solimano, Andres - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
The Chilean development story of the last two to three decades is a mix of successes in the macro, growth, poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973325
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Social Funds in Stabilization and Adjustment Programmes.
Cornia, G.A. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1999
The Adjustment-related Social Funds (SFs) have been introduced in more than 70 countries. They conted in limites resources. The SFs did not have a effect on the total social expenditure/GDP ratio, as in most cases the rise of the latter during the years of execution of the SFs was less than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661063
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Explaining Poverty Evolution: The Case of Mozambique
Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Jones, E. Samuel; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile … poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862800
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Is Internal Migration Bad for Receiving Urban Centres? Evidence from Brazil, 1995-2000
Ferré, Céline - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
grew tremendously, while immigration participated in the rapid urbanization process and the redistribution of poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002143
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On the Distributional Implications of Social Protection Reforms in Latin America
Barrientos, Armando - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
insurance in the 1990s and the growth of social assistance in the 2000s, and assesses their effects on poverty and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366409