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Economic Shocks, Impoverishment and Poverty-Related Mortality during the Eastern European Transition.
Paniccia, R - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997
This paper aims to assess the impact that the impoverishment process has had on IPD health dynamics and micronutrient-related morbidity via the changes which have occurred in food consumption in terms of average intake, its ditribution and the quality of diets.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625501
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Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped?.
Jha, R. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000
This study examines the empirical relationship among inequality, poverty and economic growth in India. Using data on …, the Gini coefficient and three popular measures of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005474999
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661044
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Aid, Growth, and Jobs
Fields, Gary - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
poverty reducti …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854458
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Are Inequality and Trade Liberalization Influences on Growth and Poverty?
Mbabazi, Jennifer; Morrissey, Oliver; Milner, Chris - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001340
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Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Recent Global Evidence
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing …-specific data are analysed for the US$1.25 and US$2.50 level poverty headcount ratios using the most recent World Bank data. The … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828343
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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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Economic reforms, Women's Employment, and Social Policies.
Moghadam, V.M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1995
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Dimensions of African inequality
Bigsten, Arne - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that det
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854460
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Aid, employment, and poverty reduction in Africa
Page, John; Shimeles, Abebe - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854479