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Does Aid Work for the Poor?
McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; … - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2011
This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the country level, which has looked mainly at the relationship between aid and...
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Poverty, Human Capital, Life-cycle and the Tax and Transfer Bases: The Role of Education for Development and International Competition
Petersen, Hans-Georg - Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Wirtschafts- und … - 2011
revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …
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América Latina frente a la globalización
Isaza, Francisco Giraldo - In: REVISTA APUNTES DEL CENES (2002)
Colombia as to poverty, misery, unemployment and popular affliction. For this reason it is necessary to change the model …
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Narcotráfico, violencia y desigualdad: una hipótesis para el caso colombiano
González, Jorge Iván - In: REVISTA APUNTES DEL CENES (2001)
El propósito del ensayo es analizar los factores que explican la violencia enColombia; para ello, el autor, retoma elementos fundamentalmente en elneoinstitucionalismo, en el narcotráfico y en la desigualdad. González,después de explorara los tres elementos antes enunciados, plantea...
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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …
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Miserly Developments
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl O. - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2009
In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index …, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz …
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The Evolution Of Education And Health Poverty During Economic Development:The Case Of Indonesia, 1991–2007
Sumner, Andy - Center for Economics and Development Studies, Fakultas … - 2013
This paper discusses the evolution of education and health poverty in Indonesia during a period of substantial economic … poverty using the Demographic and Health Survey. The case of Indonesia suggests that poverty may urbanize but remains largely …
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Who are likely to be the future poor in Indonesia? Evidence on primary school non-completion from six rounds of the Demographic and Health Survey, 1991-2012
Sumner, Andy - Center for Economics and Development Studies, Fakultas … - 2014
The non-completion of primary school and educational attainment in general in Indonesia has been associated with an increased likelihood of being or remaining poor. In light of this, this paper considers the evolution of primary school non-completion using six rounds of the Indonesia Demographic...
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Distribución del ingreso,bienestar económico y pobrezaen las regiones españolas
Ahamdanech, Ismael; Sotelsek, Daniel - In: El Trimestre Económico LXXIX (2012) 315, pp. 665-692
and poverty among countries or regions into inequality effect and income effect. To this aim, the variances and …
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El índice de miseria corregido por informalidad: una aplicación al caso de Venezuela
Ramoni-Perazzi, Josefa; Orlandoni-Merli, Giampaolo - In: REVISTA ECOS DE ECONOMÍA (2013)
Esta investigación propone una modificación al índice de miseria de Okun (IMO) adaptándolo a mercados con estas características, agregándole al nivel de desempleo el nivel de empleo en el sector informal (ESI). El estudio compara la evolución de diversos índices de miseria tradicionales...
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