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China's tax-for-fee reform and village inequality
Alm, James; Liu, Yongzheng - In: Oxford development studies 42 (2014) 1, pp. 38-64
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Multi-dimensional poverty among adults in Central America and gender differences in the three I's of poverty : applying inequality sensitive poverty measures with ordinal variables
Espinoza-Delgado, José; Silber, Jacques - 2018
the developing world, is insensitive to inequality among the multidimensionally poor individuals and does not consider … inequality sensitive view of multi-dimensional poverty when only ordinal (dichotomized) variables are available. We use such an …, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, shedding thus some light on gender differences in poverty and inequality in those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902890
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Poverty, inequality, and the local natural resource curse
Loayza, Norman; Mier y Teran, Alfredo; Rigolini, Jamele - 2013
from the mine, while district-level consumption inequality increases in all districts belonging to a producing province …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293203
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The politics of inequality and redistribution in Latin America's post-adjustment era
Roberts, Kenneth M. - 2012
helped to 'repoliticize' inequality and return redistributive policies to a central place on the political agenda in the … inequality, therefore, differ significantly from those of Latin America's ISI era, as well as those that prevailed during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319871
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Opting out from public services and the social contract in Latin America
De La O, Ana L.; Rossel Odriozola, Cecilia; Manzi, Pilar - 2023
The seemingly upward trend in opting out from public services and the segregation of income groups in public and private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540543
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In Search of The Holy Grail: How to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth?
Klasen, Stephan - 2003
poor growth, then summarizing the linkages between inequality, poverty, and pro poor growth, before proceeding to analyze …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324180
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The social impact of structural adjustment in Bolivia
Thiele, Rainer - 2001
This paper provides an account of the evolution of poverty and inequality during adjustment in Bolivia, covering the … correlation between the two variables is rather low in international perspective. Urban inequality as measured by the Gini …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265480
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Channels and policy debate in the globalization-inequality-poverty nexus
Nissanke, Machiko; Thorbecke, Erik - 2005
trends in world income inequality, it examines first the ‘growth’ conduit through which globalization affects poverty …. Treating inequality as the explicit filter between growth and poverty reduction, the causal chain of openness-growth-inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279004
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Looking at pro-poor growth from an agricultural perspective
Klasen, Stephan; Reimers, Malte - 2016
Pro-poor growth has been identified as one of the most promising pathways to accelerate poverty reduction in developing countries. The diagnostic pro-poor growth toolbox has so far focused on the income dimension as well as key non-income achievements in education and health. This article...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455218
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In search of the holy grail : how to achieve pro-poor growth?
Klasen, Stephan - 2003
poor growth, then summarizing the linkages between inequality, poverty, and pro poor growth, before proceeding to analyze …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518190