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The rise or fall of world inequality: A superious controversy?

Capéau, Bart; Decoster, André - 2004

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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Financing the new economy: Financial institutions and corporate governance

Mayer, Colin - 2001

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The effect of IMF and World Bank programmes on poverty

Easterly, William - 2001

Structural adjustment, as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF and World Bank, reduces the growth …

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New economy in growth and development

Pohjola, Matti - 2002

The benefits from the New Economy should accrue as improvements in productivity and economic growth. But while the use of information and communication technology seems to have had a substantial impact on the performance of the United States economy, the evidence for other countries is much...

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The causal relationship between information and communication technology and foreign direct investment

Gholami, Roghieh; Lee, San-Yong Tom; Heshmati, Almas - 2003

This paper investigates the simultaneous causal relationship between investments in information and communication technology (ICT) and foreign direct investment (FDI), with reference to its implications on economic growth. For the empirical analysis we use data from 23 major countries with...

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Does internet connectivity affect export performance? Evidence from the transition economies

Clarke, George R. G. - 2002

Over the past few years, many commentators have suggested that the Internet is one of the forces driving globalization. This paper tries to assess one aspect of these claims, looking at whether Internet access appears to affect the export performance of enterprises in low- and middle-income...

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Remittances by emigrants: Issues and evidence

Solimano, Andrés - 2003

Remittances, after foreign direct investment, are currently the most important source of external finance to developing countries. Remittances surpass foreign aid, and tend to be more stable than such volatile capital flows as portfolio investment and international bank credit. Remittances are...

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Gender-related indicators of well-being

Klasen, Stephan - 2004

This paper discusses the rationale as well as the challenges involved when constructing gender-related indicators of well-being. It argues that such indicators are critically important but that their construction involves a number of conceptual and measurement problems. Among the conceptual...

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Trends in income distribution in the post- World War II period: Evidence and interpretation

Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Kiiski, Sampsa - 2001

73 countries accounting for over four-fifths of world population and GDP. The paper finds that over the last two decades … trends recorded since the end of World War II. The paper also suggests that, with the exception of growing educational …

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Fuelling war or buying peace: The role of corruption in conflicts

LeBillon, Philippe - 2001

Corruption is endogenous to many political structures and serves key functions beyond the self-interest of public officials and politicians. Like violence, corruption participates in political ordering and, although corruption may in itself play a corrosive role on economies and rule-based...

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