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a day. Although they are above the average poverty line for developing countries, many people in these new â …€œmiddle classes†may be insecure and at risk of falling into poverty. This paper outlines indicative data on trends relating to … poverty and the non poor by different expenditure groups, and critically reviews the recent literature that contentiously …
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This paper studies the impact of taxation on poverty and ex ante vulnerability of households in rural China based on … national household survey data in 1988, 1995 and 2002. It has been confirmed that i) poverty and vulnerability have reduced …€™s poverty and vulnerability. The abolishment of rural tax since 2006 would thus have a significant negative impact on both …
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This article reviews beer production, consumption and the industrial organization of breweries throughout history. Monasteries were the centers of the beer economy in the early Middle Ages. Innovation and increased demand later induced the growth of commercial breweries. Globalization and...
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The bulk of the resources must go to the UPA Government’s eight flagship programmes: Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Mid-day Meal Scheme, Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, Total Sanitation Campaign, National Rural Health Mission, Integrated Child Development Services, National Rural Employment...
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This paper considers the role of global environmental taxes both as instruments for improving the global environment and as a source of revenue for funding economic development. It reviews the general case for environmental taxes and the particular issues that arise for the adoption of such...
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-Weil model. The results suggest that countries with individual rather than joint taxation, and which support families through …
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The paper first gives a brief history and comparison of Japanese foreign direct investment into India and other Asian countries, highlighting the fact that Japanese investment into India is quite low. It then outlines the research objectives and explains the methodology followed. Second, the...
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paper reviews the three principal ways in which developing countries may expand and improve their taxation systems - base …
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carbon emission; two, to examine whether pricing and taxation policies have any role to play in mitigating carbon emissions … that the reduction in carbon emissions is not sufficient to warrant the use of carbon taxation for mitigating emissions …
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Economic Review of Developments in 2005 and Prospects for 2006. Presented before the Budget for 2006.
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