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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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Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf …, lack the necessary will to alleviate poverty or to re-distribute income vertically. They are much more concerned about …
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This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in … these approaches to the broader literature on poverty reduction, economic development, politics, and the reform of …
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Indian firms lead the pack of emerging market investors in Germany, with about 188 subsidiaries providing employment to close to 23,500 people. This article provides an update on trends in Indian investment in Germany and examines the performance of Indian subsidiaries.
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Die lateinamerikanischen Währungskrisen lenkten erst kürzlich wieder das Augenmerk auf die Gefahren wechselkursbasierter Stabilisierungen (WKBS). Dies sind Inflationsstabilisierungsprogramme, die den nominalen Wechselkurs als vorrangiges geldpolitisches Instrument einsetzen. Die vorliegende...
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Micro-finance, which includes micro-credit as one of its core services, has become an important component of a range of business models – from those that operate on a strictly economic basis to those that come from a philanthropic base, through Non Government Organisations (NGOs). Its success...
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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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The history of development shows convincingly that no country has substantially reduced poverty without massively … create income for the poor; they are resources for poverty reduction. With price adjustments, it becomes possible for those … who live below the poverty line, nominally less than $1 a day, to afford the products andservices and therefore mitigating …
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for poverty reduction. We also identify some conditions of the labor market which are associated with employment intensive … matter for poverty reduction, the sectoral pattern of employment growth and productivity growth is important. While … employment intensive growth in the secondary sector appears to be associated with decreases in poverty, employment intensive …
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