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The Doha Round, Poverty and Regional Inequality in Brazil
Ferreira Filho, Joaquim Bento de Souza; Horridge, Mark - 2012
This paper addresses the potential effects of the Doha round of trade negotiations on poverty and income distribution … distribution and poverty analysis. Of particular importance is the fact that the representative household hypothesis is replaced by …,055 Brazilian households and 263,938 adults. Poverty and income distribution indices are computed over the entire sample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554159
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Poverty in India during the 1990s : A Regional Perspective
Kijima, Yoko; Lanjouw, Peter - 2003
The authors provide estimates of poverty at the regional level in India, spanning the 1990s. Such estimates have not … developed by Elbers and others (2003). The results indicate a less rapid decline of poverty, at the all-India level than has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012573403
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Territorial Inequalities
Ceriani, Lidia; Lopez-Calva, Luis F.; Restrepo-Oyola, … - 2025
When the state does not reach with the same effectiveness everybody and everywhere, it creates pockets of exclusions and hampers the opportunities of individuals belonging to the excluded groups to participate fully economically, socially, and politically. This paper develops an index to measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015424912
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Half a World : Regional Inequality in Five Great Federations
Milanović, Branko - 2012
The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the …/provinces in China and India. The United States, where regional inequality is the least, shows further convergence. Brazil, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554157
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Regional Household and Poverty Effects of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization
Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G. - 2012
poverty and distributional impacts, the model includes ten households in each of the seven federal okrugs, where household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552353
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On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities
Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Peter; Mistiaen, Johan - 2013
Important differences exist between communities with respect to their needs, capacities, and circumstances. As central governments are not able to discern these differences fully, they seek to achieve their policy objectives by relying on decentralized mechanisms that use local information....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559768
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Fiscal Federalism and Regional Growth : Evidence from the Russian Federation in the 1990s
Desai, Raj M.; Frejnkman, Lev M.; Goldberg, Itzhak - 2003
Subnational fiscal autonomy-the basis for fiscal federalism in modern federations-is meant to serve two roles. First, local control over revenue collection is meant to provide a check on the capacity of central authorities to tax arbitrarily local capital. Second, retention of taxes raised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012573400
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Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; Tewari, Ishani - 2014
This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012572637
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How Does Vietnam's Accession to the World Trade Organization Change the Spatial Incidence of Poverty?
Fujii, Tomoki; Roland-Holst, David W. - 2012
emergence from poverty depend on individual household characteristics of economic participation and asset holding. To fully … incidence of Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization. Provincial-level poverty reduction after full liberalization …, but the northwestern area of Vietnam is likely to lag behind. Furthermore, poverty can be shown to increase under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552304