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Towards an Economics of Happiness
Norberg-Hodge, Helena; Gorelick, Steven - 2004
The authors have studied the effects of global economic development on individuals and cultures for the last three decades and have concluded that the most strategic and effective way of building a more positive future is through economic localisation. Fundamentally, localisation is about...
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Globalization and child labor
Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2010
Schulbesuch verbessern. Die Auswirkungen von Globalisierung und insbesondere Handelsliberalisierung bleiben kontextspezifisch, in …Dieses Buch untersucht die Auswirkungen von Globalisierung auf Kinderarbeit sowohl aus theoretischer als auch aus … Handelsliberalisierung auf das Angebot von Kinderarbeit analysiert die Effekte von Einkommensumverteilung durch Außenhandel, und zeigt, dass …
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Migration, Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Reflections on Some South Asian Developments
Ballard, Roger - 2005
This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...
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Soziale Sicherung und informeller Sektor : Stand der theoretischen Diskussion und kritische Analyse der Situation in den arabischen Ländern unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kl...
Loewe, Markus - 2004
Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf begrenzte Erwerbsmöglichkeiten und geringe Einkommen zurückgeht. Große Teile der Bevölkerung verarmen auch deshalb immer wieder, weil sie keinen adäquaten Zugang zu...
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Off-Grid Electricity Access and its Impact on Micro-Enterprises: Evidence from Rural Uganda.
Muhoro, Peter N. - 2010
The history of development shows convincingly that no country has substantially reduced poverty without massively increasing the use of electricity. The development of micro-enterprises in rural areas of Uganda is linked with increased access and useof electricity services. In this study, I...
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Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition
Kimenyi, Mwangi S. - 2006
The paper discusses the meaning and measurement of pro-poor growth and also reviews evidence of pro-poor growth (or the lack of it) in a large cross-section of countries and time periods. The emerging story is that many episodes of growth are not pro-poor and also that although economic reforms...
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11.471 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor, Fall 2007
Tendler, Judith - 2007
This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the...
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Preferential Tariffs, WTO and Developing Countries: Do the Gains from Multilateral Market Access Outweigh Preferential Access?
Elbehri, Aziz; Wainio, John - 2006
WTO trade negotiations on market access follow the MFN treatment. However, an increasing share of trade falls under preferential regimes. For agriculture, trade liberalization analyses have showed that the impact on developing countries (DC) is not uniform, partly from omitting preferences. In...
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ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INEQUALITY
Paz, Lourenco Senne - 2009
In this dissertation I assess the impact of developing country trade liberalization on their wage inequality by focusing on two possible channels, namely job formality and inter-industry wage premium. Informal workers are a large share of the workforce, more than 30% in Brazil and Colombia, and...
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Indien: Ein Gewinner der Globalisierung
Wolff, Joerg - 2006
, mit der Teilhabe Indiens an der Globalisierung. Dabei stellt er fest, dass die Reformpolitik der letzten zehn Jahre trägt … Indian participation in the globalization. He assesses that the reforms in India lead to economic and social process of …
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