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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323207
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480479
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660833
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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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Building sustainability through greater happiness
Bartolini, Stefano - Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Statistics, … - 2014
The current unsustainable growth of the world economy is largely a consequence of the crisis of social capital experienced by much of the world's population. Declining social capital leads the economies to excessive growth, because people seek economic affluence as compensation for the emotional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959122
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Height, health, and inequality: the distribution of adult heights in India
Deaton, Angus - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2009
This paper explores the relationship between adult heights and the distribution of income across populations of individuals. There is a long literature that examines the relationship between mean adult heights and living standards. If adult height is set by the balance between food intake and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279382
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010836966
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Height, health, and inequality: the distribution of adult heights in India
Deaton, Angus - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2009
This paper explores the relationship between adult heights and the distribution of income across populations of individuals. There is a long literature that examines the relationship between mean adult heights and living standards. If adult height is set by the balance between food intake and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005548096
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Growth and Income Redistribution Components of Changes in Poverty: A Decomposition Analysis for Ireland, 1987-2005
Are, Wasiu Adekunle - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2012
This study analysed the contribution of economic growth and redistribution components to aggregate poverty changes in … from the Household Budget Survey to calculate poverty indices. The result of the Shapley value decomposition of poverty … bringing about the decline in poverty. This suggests that the drastic fall in absolute poverty over the survey period could be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010599021