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The causes and consequences of high inequality in incomes, assets, and many aspects of well-being in Latin America have recently (re-)emerged as a central research and policy issue. However, many open questions remain that will be dealt with in the contributions to this volume. First, the...
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This paper investigates the role of aid in mitigating the adverse effects of commodity export price shocks on growth in commodity-dependent countries. Using a large crosscountry dataset, we find that negative shocks matter for short-term growth, while the ex ante risk of shocks does not seem to...
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Robust is a Poverty Profile', World Bank Economic Review, 8 (1), January, 75-102 -- 12. Martin Ravallion and Binayak Sen …), Quantifying Absolute Poverty in the Developing World', Review of Income and Wealth, 37 (4), December, 345-361. …21. Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion (2001), 'How did the World's Poorest Fare in the 1900s?', Review of Income and …
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