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reduce poverty. This paper describes the main mechanisms through which demographic change may affect economic outcomes, and … estimates the association between changes in the share of working-age population with per capita growth, savings, and poverty … poverty reduction …
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The impacts of climate change on poverty depend on the magnitude of climate change, but also on demographic and … in 92 countries shows that the drivers of poverty eradication differ across countries. Two representative scenarios are … selected from these hundreds. One scenario is optimistic regarding poverty and is labeled ?prosperity;? the other scenario is …
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-case, "pessimistic," path to that goal would see the developing world outside China returning to its slower pace of growth and poverty … lift one billion people out of poverty. The more optimistic path would maintain the (impressive) progress against poverty … of the time series data and non-linear simulations of inequality-neutral growth for the developing world as a whole …
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One reason that poor people may not capture the full benefit from participation in international markets is that the goods they produce tend to be subject to relatively high trade barriers. This paper analyzes market access barriers faced by households in different income deciles by matching...
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economic management in the developed world and the economic models that guide it. The crisis has revealed major market failures … market-state balance, macroeconomic management, globalization, development financing, and public spending. On the one hand … should largely reinforce the Post-Washington Consensus on development that has emerged over the past decade -- a world view …
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of elderly in the world, and below-replacement fertility rates since at least the 1980s. The typology helps identify … development policy priorities for countries in different stages of demographic transition, and opportunities through globalization …
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Proxy-means testing is a popular method of poverty targeting with imperfect information. In a now widely-used version …, thus diminishing the impact on poverty. Some methodological changes perform better, with a poverty-quantile method … as well, or almost as well, in reducing poverty. However, even with a budget sufficient to eliminate poverty with full …
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In recent years, international trade in creative goods and services has been expanding. But this upward march is not lifting all boats. Although many developing countries are endowed with vast cultural wealth, they still lag behind. In addition, women are not faring well. Much needs to be done...
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, there remains limited substantiation for whether and how open budgeting contributes to reductions in poverty and …
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business services. The paper assesses the poverty and shared prosperity impacts of deep integration to reduce these three types … in the macroeconomic variables that impact poverty and shared prosperity. The model estimates are used in the Global … Income Distribution Dynamics microsimulation model to obtain assessments of the changes in the poverty headcount and shared …
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