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We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an … inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …
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be associated with acute social inequality and deep poverty. Many countries struggle to diversify their economies, and …
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Over the last fifteen years many African countries have experienced a mining take-off. Mining activities have bifurcated into two sectors: large-scale, capital-intensive production generating the bulk of the exported minerals, and small-scale, labour-intensive artisanal mining, which, at...
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Income inequality in Mexico increased between 1989 and 1994; between 1994 and 2006, inequality declined; and, between … 2006 and 2014, inequality was again on the rise. We apply decomposition techniques to analyse the proximate determinants of … labour income inequality and fiscal incidence analysis to estimate the first-order effects of taxes and social spending on …
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migration and multidimensional poverty by applying inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA). We find that …
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greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist approach to African development, but the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment. …
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cumulative effects of these contextual changes, poverty programmes and community efforts, the favela population has continued to …
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Using 2000-04 panel data this study analyses the pathways rural households followed out of poverty in two lagging … poverty reduction. Income transfers and agricultural tax abolishment have helped at the margin. Overall, the findings … highlight that the scope for reducing poverty in lagging rural regions is often substantial in agriculture, also in countries …
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understanding horizontal inequality and indigenous politics. This paper presents new analysis of survey data, allowing for …
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We analyse the evolution and proximate determinants of labour income inequality in Mexico between 1989 and 2017. Labour … income inequality increased between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2006. What happened after 2006 is subject to … uncertainty. The national labour force survey shows a steady decline and the income expenditure survey suggests that inequality …
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