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development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …
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This survey essay reviews over 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development … on inequality in foreign aid policy will lead to more sustainable development outcomes. Inter alia: mitigate short …-term poverty; address concerns of burgeoning population growth; train recipient governments on inclusive development; fight …
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An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has … asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality increases when the return on capital is … development increases and Africa may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal solution, Piketty has proposed progressive …
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problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal … not be so apparent. Implications for the corresponding upward bias in endogenous development and catch-up literature are …
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In a polarised and highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income threshold will adequately capture the political and social meanings of being middle class. We therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted...
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The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in …
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