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Housing and Personal Wealth in a Global Context

Muellbauer, John - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

Housing is the single most important component of personal wealth in most countries. The special characteristics of housing markets are therefore key to understanding personal portfolios, saving, the household distribution of wealth, and the monetary transmission mechanism. This paper discusses...

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Globalization Crises, Trade,and Development in Vietnam

Abbott, Philip; Tarp, Finn - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

globalization crises—the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008-09 great recession, financial crisis and collapse of global …

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Vietnam as a Role Model for Development

Thoburn, John - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

Vietnam.s development performance since the early 1990s has been one of the strongest in the world, following the introduction of its doi moi (.renovation.) economic reform programme in 1986. The core of Vietnam.s economic strategy has been rapid integration into the world economy, with a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973337

Globalization and Formal Sector Migration in Brazil

Aguayo-Tellez, Ernesto; Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Poole, … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

We use novel linked employer?employee data to study the relationship between globalization and formal sector interstate … globalization acts on internal migration through the growth of employment opportunities at locations with a high concentration of …

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Globalization, Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Africa: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Round, Jeffery I. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

overarching objective of this paper is to outline the macro evidence on the extent to which globalization is taking place and … so as to try to determine the speed and extent of globalization in Africa. This helps to put into proper perspective the … impact of globalization on poverty and inequality. It is essentially a partial and descriptive approach, at best indicative …

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Post-Apartheid South Africa: Poverty and Distribution Trends in an Era of Globalization

van der Berg, Servaas; Burger, Ronelle; Louw, Megan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

conclusions to be drawn on causal relationships between globalization and poverty trends. ... …

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Resource-Poor Farmers in South India: On the Margins or Frontiers of Globalization?

Aggarwal, Rimjhim M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Globalization and Smallholders: The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-traditional Export Crops in Guatemala

Carletto, Calogero; Kirk, Angeli; Winters, Paul; Davis, … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning over 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala to explore how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption and diffusion processes of non-traditional exports among...

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Remittances and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Mexico

de la Fuente, Alejandro - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

International remittances have been portrayed as the human face of globalization given their potential to alleviate …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001386

Evolving City Systems

Overman, Henry G.; Venables, Anthnony J. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

outlining how globalization can lead to the evolution of an urban structure which may approximate Zipf’s law. Policy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518143