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The Effect of IMF and World Bank Programmes on Poverty
Easterly, William - eSocialSciences - 2010
Structural adjustment, as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF and World Bank, reduces the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Growth does reduce poverty, but the author find no evidence for a direct effect of structural adjustment on growth. Instead, the poor benefit less...
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Rising Inequality With High Growth Isn't This Trend Worrisome? Analysis of Kerala Experience
Subrahmanian, KK; Prasad, Syam - eSocialSciences - 2008
The relation between growth, inequality and poverty is the central theme of the paper. While the fast economic growth under the neo-liberal policy regime helps reduce poverty, it increases inequality in income distribution in a way that retards the progress in poverty-reduction. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699210
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Can Social Security Boost Domestic Consumption in the People’s Republic of China?
Dewen, Wang - eSocialSciences - 2010
€™s Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and …
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ASEAN Auto Market Growing in the Shadow of China and India
Heymann, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2011
automakers. URL:[http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000278738/ASEAN+auto+market%3A+Growing+in+the+shadow+of+China+and+India.pdf]. …
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Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2012
final height in 2010, but many of its impacts are only now becoming apparent. China will deal with the project’s legacy …
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Emerging Asia's Middle Class-A Force to be Reckoned With
Dyck, Steffen; Hansakul, Syetarn; Saxena, Rachna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The emergence of a large and dynamic middle class raises Asia’s profile as an attractive market destination for products ranging from consumer goods to financial services. There are even hopes that the Asian consumer will replace the US as “world consumer of last resortâ€,...
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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Heston, Alan - eSocialSciences - 2010
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
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Reserve Bank of India Platinum Jubilee Celebrations - Governor’s Address to Staff
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2009
The main question that the Governor is asking to the RBI staff is "how can I do my job better so that I can make a positive difference to the country?"
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China-India and the Global Talent shortage
Sanyal, Sanjeev - eSocialSciences - 2007
Economic growth in China and India is exponentially increasing the global demand for skills. In turn, this will cause a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341793
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The Nature of Rural Infrastructure: Problems and Prospects
Mitra, Siddhartha; Bery, Suman; B, Gupta D; Krishna, Reeta - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper looks at rural infrastructure facilities in India, the lack of which is demonstrated to be an impediment to sustained economic development. It is argued that problems of rural infrastructure provision are different from those of the urban, given the smaller size, density and per...
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