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The extent to which India's poor have benefited from the country s economic growth has long been debated. This paper revisits the issues using a new series of consumption-based poverty measures spanning 50 years, and including a 15-year period after economic reforms began in earnest in the early...
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came with greater attention to human rights. The written record reflects the push-back against government intervention and … today, there is little sign that the modern revival of the classical 19th century views on the limitations of government has …
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The impacts of climate change on agricultural production in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) are significant, and …
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This paper investigates the impacts of climate change on the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) grain output using rural …
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level that the Peoples Republic of China should achieve by or soon after 2015. Among our more provocative findings is that …
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China has seen a huge reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty since the economic reforms that started in the late … China??s growth mattered to poverty reduction using a new provincial panel data set constructed for this purpose. The … unevenness, that handicapped poverty reduction. Yes, China has had great success in reducing poverty through economic growth, but …
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Brazil, China and India have seen falling poverty in their reform periods, but to varying degrees and for different … reasons. History left China with favorable initial conditions for rapid poverty reduction through market-led economic growth … inequality, China might learn from Brazil's success with such policies. India needs to do more to assure that poor people are …
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, a level that China should achieve by or soon after 2015. Among our more provocative findings is that growth slowdowns …
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