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Income Distribution and Tax, and Government Social Spending Policies in Developing Countries.

Chu, K.-y.; Davoodi, H.; Gupta, S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000

This paper reviews income distribution in developing countries in recent decades. On average, before-tax income distribution is less unequal in developing countries than it is in industrial countries. However, unlike industrial countries, developing countries in general have not been able to use...

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The Dynamics of Inequality Change in a Highly Dualistic Economy: Honduras, 1991.2007

Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Villalobos Barria, Carlos - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality increased in Honduras until 2005, while it was falling in most other Latin American countries. Using annual household surveys, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005,...

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Asset-Based Poverty in Rural Tajikistan: Who Climbs out and Who Falls in?

Ivaschenko, Oleksiy; Mete, Cem - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

Tajikistan?s rural sector has witnessed substantial development since the country began to emerge from civil conflict … the agricultural reform agenda. This paper uses the panel component of two surveys conducted in Tajikistan at a one … evidence of geographic poverty mobility traps in Tajikistan. Higher levels of poverty in a district appear to reduce …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031835

Inequality and Transformation of Social Structures in Transitional Economies.

Mikhalev, V. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000

The transition to a market economy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union has been associated with greater inequality and social stratification. This paper prepared within the UNU/WIDER project on "Income Distribution and Social Structure during the Transition' analyses trends in social...

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Globalization, Technology, and Income Inequality: A Critical Analysis.

Singh, A.; Dhumale, R. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000

Much of the vast literature on changes in income distribution in advanced countries during the last two decades attributes these either to globalization, or to skill-biased technology, or to a combination of the two. A transatlantic concensus has emerged to suggest that thes two factors have led...

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External Liberalization, Economic Performance, and Distribution in Latin America and Elsewhere.

Taylor, L. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000

As seen from the year 2001, economic policy in developing and post-socialist economies during the preceding 10-15 years had one dominating theme - external "liberalization" or the drastic lowering or removal of long-standing barriers to almost all international transactions in markets for goods...

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Economic reforms, Women's Employment, and Social Policies.

Moghadam, V.M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1995

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Evolution of the Women's Movement in Contemporary Algeria : Organization. Objectives and Prospects.

Bouatta, C - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997

The paper discusses some of the social and historical factors behind the evolution of contemporary women's organizations in Algeria. The paper states that the women question was never a priority. Yet, since the late 1980s, women became advocates of their own cause. After 1991, terrorism has also...

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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

During the twentieth century, internal migration and urbanization shaped Brazil’s economic and social landscape. Cities … proved particularly salient. This study asks, has domestic migration to cities been part of a healthy process of economic …

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Migration and Inheritance Practices in the Bolivian Altiplano

Michels, Anne - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

context of important migration, children may play an active role in the inheritance process. Based on a unique data set … collected at both ends of the migration link in Bolivia, we are able to show that migrant children significantly influence the … important role and the identity of the person responsible for the migration decision emerges as an important determinant of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275341

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