Combining a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (DCGE) model of the Yemeni economy with a microsimulation model that captures the link between changes in household incomes and changes in nutrition status, this paper provides a quantitative assessment of the agricultural, economy-wide, and...

The Brazilian economy grew by 4.2 percent annually from 2004-2010, more than double its annual growth from 1999-2003 or indeed its growth rate over the prior quarter century. This growth was accompanied by a significant reduction in poverty and extreme poverty, especially after 2005, as well as...

Stochastic dominance (SD) is commonly used to rank income distribution and assesssocial policies. The literature argues that SD is a robust criterion for policy evaluationbecause it requires minimal knowledge of the social welfare function. We argue that,on the contrary, SD is not a robust...

Income-based as well as most existing multidimensional poverty indices (MPI) assume equal distribution within the household and thus yield a biased assessment of individual poverty and poverty by age or gender. In this paper we first show that the direction of the bias depends on how these...

This paper estimated models for GDP growth rates, poverty levels and inequality measures for the period 1990-2000 using data on 54 developing countries at 5-yearly intervals. Issues of globalization were investigated by analyzing the differential effects of exports and imports of countries and...

IIR 2002 focuses on one of the most fundamental building blocks of a reform agenda, namely, governance frameworks for commercialization. It was in December 2000 that we first mooted the subject of governance for this issue of the IIR. Subsequent developments, such as the Enron saga, the Orissa...

Brings out the context for (economic) governnance reform in India and develops the theme of the report on better governance for commercialisation of infrastructure. Argues that most situations of governnace inadeuacy or failure can be traced to utlimate causes in bad policy, rules, law and poor...

Confidence in the federal government of the United States has been very low in recent years. The reasons for the low regard with which American politicians and institutions are held is apparent from reading the front page of every major newspaper in America. The constant lies by politicians, the...

The economic crisis of 2001-2002 in Argentina caused a large increase in unemployment. Policy responses have been imperfect. This paper discusses the roots and character of the crisis, the policies implemented to address the resulting social situation, and the quality of early warning indicators...

This study compares transition processes in countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union (FSU) and sub-Saharan Africa. By widening the scope from most- to least-developed transition economies, the study establishes the importance of a strong state with evolved institutional...