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The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the … step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links between poverty and policies. Various examples highlight that even … potential poverty effects even in countries with limited data, and therefore contribute to a more informed policy debate and …
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Are improvements in growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the mid-1990s sustainable? What types of growth strategies … contribute the most to reducing poverty? This paper examines these questions in four stages. First, it explores the factors …
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This paper reviews public expenditure in Lithuania to identify areas where deeper structural reforms may be warranted to improve spending efficiency and contain future spending pressures. The analysis benchmarks spending in Lithuania against other European countries focusing on spending levels,...
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Lucas (2004) asserts that ""Of the tendencies that are harmful to sound economics, the most seductive, and in my opinion the most poisonous, is to focus on questions of distribution. The potential for improving the lives of poor people by finding different ways of distributing current production...
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of different countries to El Niño shocks. While Australia, Chile, Indonesia, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa …
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decline in earnings, extreme poverty and the Gini coefficient based on labor income increased by around 9.2 and 5 percentage … than offset the labor income losses for the bottom four deciles, however, such that poverty relative to the pre … ended in late 2020. The challenge will be to avoid a sharp increase in poverty and inequality if the labor market does not …
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This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...
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Addressing the poverty and distributional impacts of carbon pricing reforms is critical for the success of ambitious … which carbon pricing can potentially affect poverty and inequality. It finds that the channels differ in important ways …
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, which be associated with an increase in poverty of about 75 million people. Policy responses more effective than those in …
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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...
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