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Structural adjustment and living conditions in developing countries
Kakwani, Nanak; Makonnen, Elene; van der Gaag, Jacques - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1990
The authors compare trends in per capita private consumption, social sector indicators, and government spending in the social sectors, between countries that received Bank adjustment loans and countries that did not. They point out that there is little reason to believe that the poor are being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005128593
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Rural poverty in India, 1973-86
Kakwani, Nanak; Subbarao, Kalinidhi - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1990
consistent with the observed patterns in poverty and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141395
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Growth rates and aggregate welfare : an international comparison
Kakwani, Nanak - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1991
This paper explores the relationship between growth rates and changes in welfare, using alternative procedures for measuring growth. The Bank and other organizations often compute growth rates by fitting a least-squares linear trend line to the logarithmic values of economic indicators for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141630
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Income inequality, welfare, and poverty : an illustration using Ukranian data
Kakwani, Nanak - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1995
most vulnerable groups in the society, it is important to understand the nature of poverty and income inequality. The … author addresses the following questions: What is the extent of income inequality and is it increasing? How can observed … changes in inequality be explained? Is the burden of income tax evenly distributed across the population? The Ukranian data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116366