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In view of rising inequality in fast growing Asian developing countries, it is important to study the relationship … between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can … bear a complex and non-linear relationship if policy makers try to impact on one (say, inequality) by influencing the other …
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social indicators, such as GDP growth, labour market outcomes, and poverty and inequality, for the period since the fall of … productivity. Total FDI has had only limited effects on inequality and poverty, but FDI from Germany and Austria has been found to … reduce both inequality and poverty, likely because they have benefitted mainly lower-income persons. There are differences in …
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There is no consensus about how globalization - trade and foreign investments - affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the … and vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty …
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Workers’ remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus investment motives using a new panel data set of bilateral...
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This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and …
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Six Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand) defied Gunnar Myrdal's pessimistic prognosis in his 1968 volume, Asian Drama, regarding their prospects for development. In the past half-century, these countries raised...
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representative household configuration to enable more robust analysis of tourism investment impacts on poverty and income inequality … regional economy-wide and poverty impacts of a US$36 million investment in tourism in the south of Haiti. The first social … of unemployment fell from 26% to 23%. The investment helped lift some of the region¿s poorest out of poverty, reducing …
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