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In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution has as well. The theory attributes this partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U-shaped way on education. To maintain a given...
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The present paper adds to the already large existing literature on aid distribution as it runs an equation on bilateral aid allocation on a very rich dataset, covering 20 years (1980-99), 22 donors and 137 recipients, which permits a three-dimensional panel study (recipient-year-donor) and...
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activism. We then examine differences in ownership structures around the world and the implications of the interactions of …
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This paper analyses the trends in within-country inequality during the post- World War II period, with particular … trends in 73 countries accounting for 80 per cent of the world’s population and 91 per cent of world GDP-PPP. The paper …, it marks a clear departure from that observed during the first 30 years of the post-World War II period during which …
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Financial development is vulnerable to social conflict. Conflict reduces the demand for domestic currency as a medium of exchange and a store of value. Conflict also leads to poor quality governance, including weak regulation of the financial system, thereby undermining the sustainability of...
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In this overview we try to explain, first, why funds continued to flow towards emerging economies while fundamentals in host countries had been deteriorating before the Asian crisis (rising external deficit, with a significant liquid component appreciating exchange rates; low capital formation,...
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This paper reviews the critical theoretical and policy issues relating to growth, economic development and structural transition in small states. The paper discusses alternative perspectives on small size and highlights the salient characteristics which give rise to their economic...
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For many emerging market economies, over reliance on monetary policy may bring worse macro results, when compared to a more balanced framework of countercyclical fiscal and monetary policy. The use of countercyclical fiscal policy requires as a precondition solvent and sustainable fiscal...
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Recent development literature has placed priority on poverty reduction, and on possible growth enhancement from a more equal distribution of assets and income. At the same time, empirical work consistently shows that economic growth is no more than distribution neutral. In that context, this...
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In the age of globalization, the question whether inequality in the world rose or fell down, is a hot topic. Leading … (income) amongst world citizens. Despite their similar methodologies, they do not seem to agree about the conclusion. In the … no doubt that world inequality went down between the late 1970s and the late 1990s, has in fact calculated population …
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