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Changing patterns of South African income distribution: Towards time series estimates of distribution and poverty

van der Berg S.; Louw M. - 2004

we then combine to arrive at estimates of overall poverty from 1970 to 2000. However, data for the last few years of this … that these estimates are worst case estimates of poverty trends after 1995. An alternative, less pessimistic estimate is … to arrive at overall estimates of inequality and poverty; next we discuss the trends in poverty as derived from our data …

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Monetary policy and poverty reduction

Chowdhury, Anis - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005

There is now a consensus that economic growth is a dominant determinant of poverty. That is, poverty reduction requires … raises mean income and reduces the proportion of the population living below any absolute poverty line. It is generally … believed that growth that is distribution neutral has a greater impact on poverty reduction than growth that generates …

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Chinese Manufacturing Performance in Comparative Perspective, 1980-2002

Szirmai, Adam; Ren, Ruoen; Bai, Manyin - 2005

This paper uses the detailed information in the 1995 Census of Industrial Production as a benchmark for analysing the coverage, concepts and consistency of published statistical series. On the basis of the analysis, the paper proposes a series of adjustments which result in more consistent...

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Market Reforms and The Performance of The Malaysian Electricity Industry

Kok Fong See - 2011

Electricity market reforms have occurred in many countries, including both developed and developing countries. The main objectives for electricity market reform in developed countries focus on reducing the production costs and electricity prices while the developing countries aim to improve...

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Wealth inequality and household structure : US vs. Spain

Bover Hidiroglu, Olympia - 2008

We study the link between culturally inherited household structure and wealth distribution in international comparisons using household data for the US and Spain (the SCF and the EFF). We estimate counterfactual US distributions relying on the Spanish household structure. Our results show that...

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Global finance and the German model: German corporations, market incentives, and the management of employer-sponsored pension institutions

Clark, Gordon L.; Mansfield, Daniel; Tickell, Adam - 2002

Where there was a settled political geography of state power and responsibilities, the remarkable growth of global finance has put enormous pressure on national economic, political and social institutions. Furthermore, the looming crisis facing many continental European social security systems...

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Why convention dominates pension fund trustee investment decision-making

Clark, Gordon L. - 1998

Pension funds may be one of the few avenues now open for financingnew urban infrastructure and development projects. But convention dominates pension fund trustees' investment decisions, so it is difficult to see how the ambitions of advocates of pension fund investment can be squared with...

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Pension funds and urban investment: four models of financial intermediation

Clark, Gordon L. - 1997

It has been often suggested that public and private pension funds should be, and could be, mobilised to invest in urban infrastructure, housing, and community development. In fact, given the apparent decline in government funding of such areas of concern, it has been suggested that pension funds...

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The anatomy of corruption: the practice of pension fund trustee decision-making

Clark, Gordon L. - 1998

The model of pension plan trustee decisionmaking introduced in a previous paper is extended here emphasising aspects of the social psychology of investment decisionmaking, including collegiality and the necessity of justification. To give the analysis structure, I begin with the framing logic of...

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The functional and spatial structure of the investment management industry

Clark, Gordon L. - 2000

Most pension funds use an extensive array of service providers to administer and manage their financial assets. In this paper, I sketch a 'map' of the functional structure of service provision and the apparent spatial configuration of those elements. Theoretically, the paper could be thought...

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