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Effects of devaluation on employment and poverty in developing countries.
E, Ghani - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1984
employment and poverty in developing countries - covers exchange rate trends, income distribution in market economies and planned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967134
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Returns to rural labour in Asia.
S, Ray - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967181
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Income inequality, redistribution and poverty contrasting rational choice and behavioural perspectives
Luebker, Malte - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2012
Based on the standard axiom of individual utility maximization, rational choice has postulated that higher income inequality translates into greater redistribution by shaping the median voter’s preferences. While numerous papers have tested this proposition, the literature has remained divided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010849982
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Chad; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper aims at discussing the impact of the oil windfall on Chad, with a focus on growth, poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245496
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Mind and matter: developing pluralist development economics
Staveren, Irene Van - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 2 (2011) 2, pp. 120-144
theoretical unification but rather closeness to real world issues such as poverty, with a policy focus. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352703
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The Concept of Poverty and Normative Reasoning.
Tungodden, B. - Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005781247
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La pobreza en Smith y Ricardo
Pardo, Édgar - In: Revista de Economía Institucional 2 (2000) January-June, pp. 111-130
This paper provides a comparison between Adam Smith and David Ricardo’s treatments of poverty in a capitalist society …. The comparison focus on the different arguments they use to relate poverty to inequality and institutional realities. The … discussion points out the life experiences of each author and their intellectual interests, taking into account that poverty was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005817055
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“Bad” Decisions, Poverty, and Economic Theory: The Individualist and Social Perspectives in Light of “The American Myth”
Henry, John - In: Forum for Social Economics 36 (2007) 1, pp. 17-27
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995429
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Endogenous Macroeconomic Growth Theory.
Helpman, E. - Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), … - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005035816
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Statistical data and issues are discussed in this paper. Mauritania reached the completion point under the enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. In July 2004, a new economic team took actions to tighten fiscal and monetary policies. The authorities intend to adopt sound...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243789