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Reversal of the Kuznets curve : study on the inequality-development relation using top income shares data
Tuominen, Elina - 2015
This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question … spline methods. The association between top 1% share and development is found to experience a reversal at later stages of …
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When unstable, growth is less pro-poor
Guillaumont, Patrick; Korachais, Catherine - 2010
Macroeconomic instability has been increasingly considered as a factor lowering average income growth and, in this way, is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the...
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Structural transformation in the world economy : on the significance of developing countries
Nayyar, Deepak - 2016
This paper outlines the contours of global economic development, since 1980, to analyse underlying factors and consider …, manufacturing and trade, is striking. But development, driven by rapid economic growth, has been most uneven. It is concentrated in … to development, rather than unique solutions, so that one-size-does-not-fit-all and there are choices to be made. And it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574134
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The curse of the one-size-fits-all fix : re-evaluating what we know about extractives and economic development
Lahn, Glada; Stevens, Paul - 2017
the interplay between extractives and economic development. Just as 'the resource curse' fails as a generic explanation on … to diversify, options for pacing development, and appropriate performance measures. …
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New data, new approaches and new evidence : a policy synthesis
Arndt, Channing - 2017
'Regional growth and development in Southern Africa', and consider policy options for escaping economic stagnation. The focus is …
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Argentina country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
Argentina experienced a decline in the early years of the 2000s, from 2000 to 2002, in GDP and in most labour market indicators, followed by improvements in nearly all of them, tracing out a U-shaped pattern. The international crisis of 2008 impacted negatively only on the unemployment rate and...
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Colombia country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
Between 2000 and 2013, Colombia experienced rapid economic growth. The country suffered a slowdown at the beginning of the period and during the international crisis of 2008, but during both slowdowns, the growth rate never turned negative. Most labour market indicators improved and followed the...
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Chile country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate fell; the mix of employment by occupational position and sector improved; the educational level of the employed population, the percentage of registered workers, and labour...
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Brazil country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
During the 2000s, Brazil experienced slow economic growth and a substantial improvement in labour market indicators. From 2001 to 2012, Brazil grew less than the Latin American average. However, the unemployment rate decreased, the employment composition improved, the educational level of...
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Bolivia country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
During the 2000s Bolivia experienced moderate economic growth and improved all labour market indicators. The economy suffered a slowdown as a consequence of the international crisis of 2008, but Bolivia sustained positive growth rates during that episode. The unemployment rate fell between 2000...
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