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When and Where Do We See Regional Poverty Reduction and Convergence? Lessons from the Roof of Turkey

Azevedo, João Pedro - 2017

In the past decade, Turkey has experienced a notable level of poverty reduction at all levels (extreme poor, poor, and … vulnerable). The steady decline in poverty was also resilient to the decline in gross domestic product per capita growth during … the crisis. However, although poverty convergence was strong before the financial crisis, there was an absence of regional …

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Approximating Income Distribution Dynamics Using Aggregate Data

Kraay, Aart - 2017

This paper proposes a methodology to approximate individual income distribution dynamics using only time series data on aggregate moments of the income distribution. Under the assumption that individual incomes follow a lognormal autoregressive process, this paper shows that the evolution over...

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States Diverge, Cities Converge : Drivers of Local Growth Catch-Up in India

Li, Yue - 2018

This paper takes a fresh look at growth convergence in India, combining insights from macroeconomics and urban economics. It departs from the existing literature in three ways. First, the paper assesses growth patterns across districts and across places below the district level instead of taking...

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Inclusive Economic Growth in America?S Cities : What?S the Playbook and the Score?

de Souza Briggs, Xavier - 2017

This paper defines economic inclusion as the ability of all people, including the disadvantaged, to share in economic gains, that is, the conditions that allow for broadly shared prosperity. Beyond the ?right? to access consumption in cities, and beyond relatively standardized safety net...

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Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent...

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Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests

Tiwari, Sailesh - 2017

International migration has increased rapidly in recent decades and this has been accompanied by a remarkable increase in transfers made by migrants to their home countries. This paper investigates the effect of the rural economic growth brought about by migration and remittances on Nepal's...

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Explaining Local Manufacturing Growth in Chile : the Advantages of Sectoral Diversity

Almeida, Rita - 2017

This paper investigates whether the agglomeration of economic activity in regional clusters affects long-run manufacturing total factor productivity growth in an emerging market context. It explores a large firm-level panel dataset for Chile during a period characterized by high growth rates and...

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Did Higher Inequality Impede Growth in Rural China?

Benjamin, Dwayne - 2017

This paper estimates the relationship between initial village inequality and subsequent household income growth for a large sample of households in rural China. Using a rich longitudinal survey spanning the years 1987-2002, and controlling for an array of household and village characteristics,...

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Regional Economic Growth in Mexico : Recent Evolution and the Role of Governance

Weiss, Eli - 2017

There has been substantial research in recent years examining the regional evolution of economic growth across states in Mexico -- with a particular focus on the post North American Free Trade Agreement period. There is also a vast literature using cross-country regressions to examine...

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Place-Based Policies for Development

Duranton, Gilles - 2018

Many development policies, such as placement of infrastructure or local economic development schemes, are "place-based." Such policies are generally intended to stimulate private sector investment and economic growth in the treated place, and as such they are difficult to appraise and evaluate....

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