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In the Global South economic mobility across generations or intergenerational economic mobility is in and of itself an important topic for research with consequences for policy. This 'Element' surveys the area, conceptually and empirically.
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This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in … standards of living and reductions in poverty via improved labour market conditions in Latin America in the 2000s, and have … growth, changes in the various employment and earnings indicators, and changes in poverty and inequality indicators relate to …
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This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in … standards of living and reductions in poverty via improved labour market conditions in Latin America in the 2000s, and have … growth, changes in the various employment and earnings indicators, and changes in poverty and inequality indicators relate to …
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In this paper, I discuss the reasons for Costa Rica's economic performance over the last quarter of a century. Three complementary sets of policies (investments in human capital, careful stabilization, and an intelligent and aggressive integration into the world economy) explain the successful...
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-for example, to end poverty; (ii) proposes a new way to raise and govern international public funds; (iii) discusses the possible …
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Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for …, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate … measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes …
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It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China, from being on a par with Sub Sahara Africa at the start of economic reform to being an economic superpower today. That rise remains under-researched. Moreover, the great structural...
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