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The Interplay of Regional and Ethnic Inequalities in Malaysian Poverty Dynamics
Ali Ahmad, Zainab; Lanjouw, Peter; Rongen, Gerton; … - 2022
This study employs a synthetic panel approach based on nationally representative micro-level data to track poverty and … income mobility in Malaysia in 2004-16. On aggregate, there were large reductions in chronic poverty and increases in …. Further, the poverty and income dynamics differ notably across geographic dimensions. Such disparities are most striking when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255384
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Is India's Economic Growth Leaving the Poor Behind?
Datt, Gaurav; Ravallion, Martin - 2013
in the 1990s. The authors argue that India has probably maintained its 1980s rate of poverty reduction in the 1990s … national rate of growth would have generated a rate of poverty reduction that was double India's historical trend rate. States … economic growth is only one element of an effective strategy for poverty reduction in India. The sectoral and geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559603
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Managing State Debt and Ensuring Solvency : The Indian Experience
Rangarajan, C.; Prasad, Abha - 2012
The paper presents the policymakers perspective on the reforms undertaken to manage states debt and ensure solvency. While the sustained high growth rates of the Indian economy played a part in alleviating the interest burden on debt and ensuring that the debt does not grow in an explosive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552143
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Public Participation, Teacher Accountability, and School Outcomes : Findings from Baseline Surveys in Three Indian States
Pandey, Priyanka; Goyal, Sangeeta; Sundararaman, Venkatesh - 2012
This paper presents findings from baseline surveys on student learning achievement, teacher effort and community participation in three Indian states, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Results indicate low teacher attendance and poor student learning. Parents and school committees are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552212
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Stamp Duties in Indian States : A Case for Reform
Alm, James; Annez, Patricia; Modi, Arbind - 2013
The authors review the options for reform of stamp duties on immovable property transfers collected by Indian state governments. After briefly reviewing some of the many administrative difficulties experienced with the tax, they turn to an examination of its economic impacts. A review of stamp...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559842
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Poverty, Inequality, and Social Disparities During China's Economic Reform
Dollar, David - 2012
remarkable increase in per capita income and a decline in the poverty rate from 64 percent at the beginning of reform to 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552703
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Who Is Deprived? Who Feels Deprived? Labor Deprivation, Youth and Gender in Morocco
Serajuddin, Umar; Verme, Paolo - 2012
One of the recurrent explanations of the Arab spring is that governments were disconnected from their populations and that public policies were simply not in line with people's sentiments and expectations. This paper provides a methodology to better understand how objective conditions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554520
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Sources of Welfare Disparities Across and Within Regions of Brazil : Evidence from the 2002-03 Household Budget Survey
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Katayama, Roy - 2012
Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552240
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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 - 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
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How Good a Map? Putting Small Area Estimation to the Test
Demombynes, Gabriel; Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Jean O. - 2012
produce spatially disaggregated poverty and inequality estimates. To test the method, they compare predicted welfare … poverty measures and lower for inequality measures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552631