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The South Asian Development Paradox: Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?

Ghani, Ejaz - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 53, pp. 1-6

South Asia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, yet it is also home to the largest concentration of people living in debilitating poverty. How do the two coexist? The paradox of South Asia is that growth has been instrumental in reducing poverty rates, but poverty rates have...

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What Makes Cities More Competitive? Lessons from India

Ghani, Ejaz; o'Connell, Stephen D.; Kerr, William R. - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2014) 132, pp. 1-4

Policy makers in both developed and developing countries want to accelerate spatial development, make cities more … entrepreneurship for a district are its population's level of education and the quality of local physical infrastructure; these …

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Urbanization, Gender, and Business Creation in the Informal Sector in India

Ghani, Ejaz; Kanbur, Ravi; O'Connell, Stephen - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2014) 141, pp. 1-8

This Economic Premise examines the intersection of four important development themes: urbanization, agglomeration …

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The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change

Skoufias, Emmanuel; Rabassa, Mariano; Olivieri, Sergio; … - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 51, pp. 1-5

Over the last century, the world has seen a sustained decline in the proportion of people living in poverty. However, there is an increasing concern that climate change could slow or possibly even reverse poverty reduction progress. Given the complexities involved in analyzing climate change...

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Human Rights and Development Practice

Brahmbhatt, Milan; Canuto, Otaviano - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 50, pp. 1-5

In the past two decades, there has been a growing engagement between development and human rights practitioners and …-fertilization and learning—the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) themselves being a fruit of this convergence? This note addresses … three points. The first point is the growing convergence between human rights and development thinking along several …

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It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios

Thomas, Vinod - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 52, pp. 1-4

Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters, and macroeconomic scenarios seldom take into...

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Rebalancing, Growth, and Development in a Multipolar Global Economy

Qureshi, Zia - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 57, pp. 1-6

that in a progressively multipolar world economy, the goals of global rebalancing, growth, and development are increasingly …

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Freedom, Entitlement, and the Path to Development

Chauffour, Jean-Pierre - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 59, pp. 1-5

questions about the place of freedom and entitlement in development. Depending on the balance between free choices and more …

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Managing Openness and Volatility: The Role of Export Diversification

Haddad, Mona; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Saborowski, Christian - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2010) 6, pp. 1-4

As developing countries look to embrace an outward-oriented growth strategy, some may be concerned about the possibility that increased openness will be accompanied by increased volatility. However, although a more open economy may face increased volatility in its terms of trade, openness...

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China’s Investment in African Special Economic Zones: Prospects, Challenges, and Opportunities

Farole, Thomas; Brautigam, Deborah; Xiaoyang, Tang - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2010) 5, pp. 1-6

China’s recent moves to establish special economic zones (SEZs) in several African countries can make a significant contribution to industrialization in Africa. But the success of these projects is by no means guaranteed. Meeting the objectives of both China and African countries will require...

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