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dialogue aimed at poverty and inequality reduction and inclusive growth. In this paper, we establish the current state of … various dimensions of gender inequalities and their past dynamics in the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan …, and Ukraine), and propose steps aimed at reducing those inequalities in the context of inclusive growth, decent job …
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Should the state treat men and women in identical ways, or should it legislate and enforce policies that are aware of gender differences? In other words, should the state be gender-blind or gender-sensitive? Gender, ethnic, religious, sexual orientation, ideological, economic, political, and...
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The transitional economies of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) have enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth and poverty … households. The paper assesses the relative importance of these transfers for welfare and poverty in Moldova, the poorest country … effective in improving welfare and reducing poverty whereas social assistance transfers have little or no effect. Social …
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economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …
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Shakespeare, this paper examines the relations between poverty levels, economic growth and changes in inequality in Tanzania …Studying the relation between economic growth and income poverty reduction without taking changes in the distribution … during the 1990s. It offers four conclusions. First, the efficiency with which growth reduces poverty increases with a …
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growth and dynamic welfare with special reference to South Africa. While water may become a limiting factor for future … development in general, as a drought prone and water poor country with rapid population growth, South Africa may face more serious …
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Building on a Kaleckian-structuralist macroeconomic growth model this paper examines the impact of the interaction … between labor market gender equality and social reproduction (SR) or care provisioning, on economic growth across U.S. states … relationship between women's labor force participation rate (WLFPR) and state's per-capita growth rate across these regimes. The …
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at least half of product innovation and growth comes from firms that never patent. We also find that market leaders use …
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utilization. First, it explains why utilization is a crucial variable for the various theories of growth and distribution … growth rate of demand that matters, not the level of demand. …
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The paper makes three contributions. First, following up on Nikiforos (2016), it provides an in-depth examination of the Federal Reserve measure of capacity utilization and shows that it is closer to a cyclical indicator than a measure of long run variations of normal utilization. Other...
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