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Globalization, poverty, and inequality since 1980

Dollar, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

One of the most contentious issues of globalization is the effect of global economic integration on inequality and … developing world population living on less than $1 per day was cut in half since 1981. Trend #3: Global inequality (among … citizens of the world) has declined - modestly -- reversing a 200-year-old trend toward higher inequality. Trend #4: There is …

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Measuring aggregate welfare in developing countries - How well do national accounts and surveys agree?

Ravallion, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

In a data set for developing, and transition economies, the author finds that private consumption per capita, based on national accounts, deviates on average from mean household income,or expenditure based on national sample surveys. Growth rates also differ systematically, so that the ratio of...

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International poverty projections

Anand, Sudhir; Kanbur, S. M. Ravi - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1991

The authors investigate the methodology used in projections of international poverty - particularly those used in many World Bank documents. The methodology, as developed by Ahluwalia, Carter, and Chenery (1979) in an influential paper, is examined critically and subjected to sensitivity...

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Finance, inequality, and poverty: cross-country evidence

Beck, Thorsten; Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Levine, Ross - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

cross-country sample, the authors find that the answer is yes: Financial intermediary development reduces income inequality …

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Growth is good for the poor

Dollar, David; Kraay, Aart - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

When average income rises, the average incomes of the poorest fifth of society rise proportionately. This is a consequence of the strong empirical regularity that the share of income accruing to the bottom quintile does not vary systematically with average income. The authors document this...

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Macroeconomic adjustment and the poor : analytical issues and cross-country evidence

Agenor, Pierre-Richard - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002

illiteracy, income inequality, and macroeconomic volatility tend to increase poverty. In addition, the impact of growth on …

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Externalities in rural development - evidence for China

Ravallion, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002

The author tests for external effects of local economic activity on consumption and income growth at the farm-household level using panel data from four provinces of post-reform rural China. The tests allow for non-stationary fixed effects in the consumption growth process. Evidence is found of...

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Productivity growth and convergence in agriculture and manufacturing

Martin, Will; Mitra, Devashish - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999

The authors examine the growth and convergence of total factor productivity in agriculture and manufacturing in a large sample of countries spanning many levels of development over the period 1967-1992. There is a widely held but rarely tested view that the rate of growth in agricultural...

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Long term outlook for the world economy : issues and projections for the 1990s

Fardoust, Shahrokh; Dhareshwar, Ashok - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1990

The authors argue that, at the broad level of global analysis, there are good reasons to be optimistic about the 1990s. First, there are favorable supply side developments in many of the high income countries. Second, considerable scope exists for a recovery of private consumption and investment...

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Economic growth, income distribution, and poverty in Poland during transition

Paci, Pierella; Sasin, Martin J.; Verbeek, Jos - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

The authors attempt to analyze the linkages between macroeconomic policies and economic growth variables, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of particular interest because its data sources allow for a relatively...

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