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This paper provides an account of the evolution of poverty and inequality during adjustment in Bolivia, covering the … period 1985?99. It turns out that urban poverty declined somewhat after the initial stabilization phase that followed the … hyperinflation in 1985. A similar evolution of per capita income suggests a positive impact of growth on urban poverty, although the …
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services sector is split up into formal and informal activities to account for the fact that poverty is largely confined to the …
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poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …
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Poverty Impact Analysis in individual countries. The model combines the optimizing behavior of CGE models with the asset …
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, growth generated by the boom reduces poverty despite increasing informality. …
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NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important NGOs from various OECD countries, we analyze the targeting of NGO aid across a large number of...
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shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German …
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requirements for biofuel production adopted by the European Commission (EU-RED) for the Llanos Orientales in Colombia. Based on the …
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We evaluate the impact of firm-specific export subsidies on exports in Colombia. Using a two-stage Heckman selection …
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advanced countries. Using plant-level data from Colombia, I demonstrate that exporting to advanced countries generates the …
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