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Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former periods and the performance of other developing countries (grouped according to income, region, and debt status). This allows to assess what has been achieved in Bolivia since...
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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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The article criticizes the World Bank as overy optimistic concerning its ability to raise the effectiveness of aid by concentrating aid on countries with "good" policies. It is shown that aid flows to the main recipient regions yielded the highest correlation to growth when their magnitudes...
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allocating aid in a way that renders effective poverty alleviation more likely. We employ Probit and Tobit models and make use of …
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terms of their overall generosity and the general poverty orientation of aid, but also in the extent to which their sectoral …
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to financial rescue packages for some emerging markets, rather than poverty concerns and policy assessments, dominated …
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poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The CGE analysis addresses several important transmission channels which have been … reduce poverty. However, the income distribution typically becomes more unequal. In particular, FDI widens income disparities … growthenhancing and poverty-alleviating effects of FDI. First, it seems important to overcome labor market segmentation. Second …
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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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