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Drivers of inclusive development: An empirical investigation
Dörffel, Christoph; Draper, Peter; Freytag, Andreas; … - 2021
Concerns about socially uneven progress and inequality have regained public attention (including that of many populist politicians). The purpose of this paper is to identify the economic policies as well as economic factors that facilitate inclusive development. This paper is a first attempt to...
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The role and changing paradigm of India's assistance to Nepal: Case of the education sector
Goyal, Tanu M. - 2019
India is seen as a key developmental partner to Nepal with the latter being one of the first receipts of development aid from India. Development aid from India to Nepal has not only been associated with creation of infrastructure in the country but also with human capital development and...
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Globalization and health: Impact pathways and recent evidence
Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Rosignoli, Stefano; Tiberti, Luca - 2008
regard, the paper raises doubts about the way globalization has taken place and the way public policy oriented it. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273481
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Life satisfaction and relative income: perceptions and evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271342
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Challenging the justice of a basic income policy when focusing on the homeless population: A case study on Germany
Löffler, Verena - 2024
In a given society, those who are least advantaged would allegedly benefit the most from receiving a basic income. However, the merits of such a policy are generally debated according to the effects on society as a whole, not specifically on the most marginalized; thus, the potential benefits of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014492685
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Globalization, poverty and inequality: What is the relationship? What can be done?
Basu, Kaushik - 2005
The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the … have, and advocates the setting up of an international initiative to coordinate such policies. – globalization ; inequality …
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Achieving Bangladesh's tourism potential: Linkages to export diversification, employment generation and the "green economy"
Honeck, Dale; Akhtar, Md. Shoaib - 2014
Bangladesh's international image is not as a popular tourism destination, and many people might be surprised to learn it has three World Heritage sites, including the Sundarbans tiger reserves. Moreover, it is part of important travel circuits for cultural and religious tourism, and has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435368
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Globalization and a welfare program for the marginalized
Broll, Udo; Kemnitz, Alexander; Mukherjee, Vivekananda - 2009
We study the economic relationship between globalization and inequality within a country. In a partial equilibrium it …, relative consumption inequality between employed and the marginalized always rises by intensified globalization. However in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300613
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The human dimensions of the global development process in the early part of the 21st century: Critical trends and new challenges
Simai, Mihály - 2006
At the beginning of the twenty-first century there is a rare coincidence of profound transformations in a number of areas, in population dynamics, in human settlements, in science and technology, economics, social stratification, in the role and functions of the states and in the global power...
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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
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