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Economic geography of human development : stratified growth in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Peru
Mayer-Foulkes, David - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003841872
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Is there a Brazilian model of development? : are there lessons for countries in Africa?
Amann, Edmund; Barrientos, Armando - 2014
Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the … last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil's unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The … paper argues that Brazil's unique combination of economic and social policies is at the root of its inclusive growth, but it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414801
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New patterns of structural change and effects on inclusive development : a case study of South Africa and Brazil
Greenstein, Joshua - 2015
This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465459
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Vietnam's Development Success Story and the Unfinished SDG Agenda
Baum, Anja - 2020
Despite starting as one of the poorest countries in the mid-1980s, Vietnam has achieved rapid developmental progress, reaching lower middle-income status in 2010. In line with rapid economic growth, Vietnam has achieved impressive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839679
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HDR 2003 - Millennium Development Goals: A Compact Among Nations to End Human Poverty
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
The new century opened with an unprecedented declaration of solidarity and determination to rid the world of poverty. In 2000 the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted at the largest-ever gathering of heads of state, committed countries — rich and poor — to doing all they can to eradicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467207
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HDR 1996 - Economic Growth and Human Development
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
The 1996 Report opens with a fundamental statement: "Human development is the end - economic growth a means." The Report argues that economic growth, if not properly managed, can be jobless, voiceless, ruthless, rootless and futureless, and thus detrimental to human development. The quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467221
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Inequality, well-being and institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oberoi, Jaideep; Ahsan, Syed - 2003
This paper focuses on the role of institutions in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions encompasses formal rules designed by polity (including those in the legal and economics sphere such as rules of property rights, contracts and liabilities) as well as informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514135
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Multidimensional Poverty and Inclusive Growth in India : An Analysis Using Growth Elasticities and Semi-Elasticities
Alkire, Sabina; Seth, Suman - 2021
Post reform India has generated high economic growth, yet progress in income poverty and many other key development outcomes has been modest. This paper primarily examines how inclusive economic growth has been in India between 2005-06 and 2015-16 in reducing multidimensional poverty captured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224498
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Inequality, Well-Being and Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ahsan, Syed M.; Oberoi, Jaideep S. - 2021
This paper focuses on the role of "institutions" in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions encompasses formal rules designed by polity (including those in the legal and economics sphere such as rules of property rights, contracts and liabilities) as well as informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320102
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New patterns of structural change and effects on inclusive development: A case study of South Africa and Brazil
Greenstein, Joshua - 2015
This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418571