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developing countries situated in the wider context of the world economy. It examines the possible impact of their rapid growth on … migration. The essential question is whether, in times to come, these four countries could be the new engines of growth for the …. In doing so, it considers the main channels of transmission, to focus on international trade, investment, finance and …
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from openness to trade in services. [WP No. 210]. …
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poverty. They use the WIDER/UNDP World Income Inequality Database to investigate the links between growth, inequality and … trade liberalization for a sample of developing countries, and the more limited World Bank Global Poverty Monitoring …There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the relationship between income inequality and growth, manifested in …
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higher rate after the incentive is removed. The migration rate is 10 percentage points higher in treatment areas a year later … heterogeneity in take-up and re-migration, and by conducting a new experiment with a migration insurance treatment. Several pieces …
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This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. The liberalization of … internal agriculture trade in India will generate short-run caloric losses unless income gains from trade are relatively large … similar consumers. This effect only disappears two generations after migration, as tastes adjust to local prices. These …
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This paper is an account of the main streams discussed in an international conference, held in New York in April 2008, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Global Policy Forum, which considered the right to food and the role of the United Nations in responding to the global food...
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While a wide range of factors influence rural-rural and rural-urban migration in developing countries, there is …, migration and weather anomalies. This strand of research acquires importance in the context of climate change adaptation. In the … Indian context this analysis gets further complicated due to significant presence of short-term migration. Acknowledging the …
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The paper aims at understanding the reasons which influence migration and mobility choices, ways by which …
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The implications of sea-level rise and storm surges for 84 developing countries and 577 of their cyclone-vulnerable coastal cities with populations greater than 100,000 are explored. Combining the most recent scientific and demographic information, they estimate the future impact of climate...
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to innovation and growth. Finally, an outline of the role of monetary policy in sustaining growth and innovations by …A brief overview is provided about India’s long-term growth performance. Then an attempt is made to set out the … productivity gains to real GDP growth is explained. Then the focus is given on the role of financial sector reforms in contributing …
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