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been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
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During the 2000s Mexico grew less than the average for Latin America. Labour market indicators exhibited mixed changes … international crisis of 2008, but Mexico surpassed its pre-crisis output levels by 2012. Most labour market indicators were affected … negatively by the crisis, and labour earnings and poverty indicators had not recovered their pre-crisis levels by 2012. …
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Income inequality in Mexico increased between 1989 and 1994; between 1994 and 2006, inequality declined; and, between …
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redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for …
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poverty ; Mexico … inefficiency in the use of income at all income levels, even for those in income poverty. It is shown that inefficiency is …
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providing an analysis of the implications of poverty dynamics for the graduation of beneficiaries of Mexico's Oportunidades …Social protection programmes have emerged as one of the most important anti-poverty policy strategies in developing … countries. Their effects on poverty and well-being have been widely studied. Yet, there is limited knowledge on how a transfer …
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This paper analyses the land tenure reform that took place in Mexico in 1992 and its PROCEDE programme (Ejido Rights … reduce the poverty of peasants and indigenous people. Almost 30 years after this reform was enacted, it is necessary to …
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Declining social and economic inequalities since the late 1990s coincided with several basic shifts in Latin America's political landscape, including an electoral turn to the left and a revival of social mobilization from below. These shifts helped to 'repoliticize' inequality and return...
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Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and trade partners go far beyond mere elimination of tariffs to include such diverse issues as non-tariff barriers, competition legislation, investment protection, and more. Implementing such provisions requires deep institutional and...
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The goal of this study is to reveal the long-term trajectory of Russian economic development and to make predictions for the future. The study starts with a much discussed question: why Russia did worse economically during transition than most other countries in Europe and Asia? It is argued...
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