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Policy co-ordination and growth traps in a middle-income country setting: The case of South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Cassim, Aalia; Hirsch, Alan - 2014
South Africa has exhibited tepid economic growth over the past twenty years as well as high levels of income inequality characteristic of a middle income country growth trap. This paper compares and contrasts South Africa's growth trap relative to middle-income peer economies. In addition, we...
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Improving donor support for urban poverty reduction
Banks, Nicola - 2011
The growing urbanization of poverty poses a significant challenge to governments and donors alike, particularly in Asia, which houses 60 per cent of the world's slum dwellers. Donors have been slow to respond to the urban challenge, however, both in their funding patterns and their priorities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280168
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Contested relationships: Women's economic and social empowerment, insights from the transfer of material assets in Bangladesh
Scott, Lucy - 2012
poverty. It is based on the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh, investigating the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319785
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A stochastic simulation approach to estimating the economic impacts of climate change in Bangladesh
Thurlow, James; Dorosh, Paul; Yu, Winston - 2011
-wide model of Bangladesh, we estimate and decompose damages from historical climate variability and future anthropogenic climate … distribution of damages and slows Bangladesh's long- run shift (adaptation) into dry (winter) season rice production. …
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The political economy of food price: The case of Bangladesh
Raihan, Selim - 2013
Global food price hikes during 2007 and 2008 resulted in a sharp rise in staple food prices in Bangladesh. The poor and … studies indicated that the adverse effects of the food price hike in Bangladesh were primarily manifested by the significant … rise in the number of households falling below the poverty line income. At the political front, Bangladesh was run by an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319884
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A capable state in Afghanistan: A building without a foundation?
de Weijer, Frauke - 2013
This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319931
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Resilience to crisis through social protection: Can we build the case?
Roca, Thomas; Ferrer, Hélène - 2016
This paper investigates the linkage between social protection and economic resilience. Does social protection have an impact on income? What role do social protection policies play in strengthening a society's capacity to overcome economic hardships? The recent crisis has brought these questions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653909
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Extractive revenues and government spending: Short- versus long-term considerations
van der Ploeg, Frederick; Venables, Anthony J. - 2017
The prescription of optimally managing natural resource revenue windfalls by smoothing consumption across generations using an intergenerational sovereign wealth fund that only invests in foreign assets is not appropriate for resource-rich developing economies. It is better for these economies...
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Structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh
Raihan, Selim; Khan, Sunera Saba - 2020
The Bangladesh economy has undergone significant structural changes over the last four decades. The share of … overwhelmingly salient component of Bangladesh's export composition, this is due primarily to the rapid expansion of the ready … Bangladesh economy, aiming to tackle inequality and promote inclusive growth. …
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Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens
Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Over the past twenty years, Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in promoting macroeconomic growth and stability. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household survey data to dig into these trends and provide...
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