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in the context of large scale econometric development modelling. I will discuss the results of the model and then analyze …The concept of basic needs is today at the center of many discussions about development and the international order …. Some international organizations are rethinking their prior evaluation of development policies based largely on aggregate …
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This article describes the macroeconomic model used in an ongoing study of technology policies and North-South relations. Other aspects of the study have been described elsewhere [1,2]. We examine here the rationale for the theoretical structure used in the model, the details of the equations,...
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This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality in China from 1987 to 2002, employing three series of data sets. Our focus is on both urban and rural inequality, as well as the urban-rural gap, with the objective of summarizing several “first-order” empirical patterns...
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of the nation to the holistic development of the young people of the country. This document aims to reinforce existing …
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Sen's concept of capabilities is rooted in welfare theory. For the development economist it has immediate, if somewhat … lenuous, appeal on counts. First, the concept provides an ethical basis for evaluating development from the stand point of … dichotomy in the pursuit of economic development. [Working Paper No. 275] …
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predicated via three sub-chains (i) from marketization to growth, (ii) from growth to overall material development welfare and … (iii) from material development to social welfare and democracy. We examine each of these sub-links in detail with a view …
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-rural linkages toward sustainable development. Strong linkages enhance people's welfare and growth because they facilitate the flow …" Joachim von Braun, Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn, Germany This paper explores the relations between … development. Until now, the widespread view in the economic policy and research, categorizing "rural" as more "remote farming …
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This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. (2012). It examines five dimensions of deprivation: education, water, sanitation, shelter, and energy-using comp
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We investigate the puzzle of microfinance: that loans generate large measured returns for businesses, yet loan take-up is low and the businesses often close. We analyze a randomized trial that bundled microfinance loans with a cheap health insurance policy. Requiring clients to purchase...
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