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changes have been observed. High growth rates of China and India lifted millions out of poverty, while the stagnation in many … scenario where these trends continue in the future. Even by anticipating a deceleration, growth in China and India is a key …
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Changing population age structures are shaping the trajectories of development in many countries, bringing opportunities and challenges. While aging has been a matter of concern for upper-middle and high-income economies, rapid population growth is set to continue in the poorest countries over...
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This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official … discussion of the recent controversies in India regarding the choice of poverty lines. …
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While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the economic effects of adverse health shocks, there is relatively little hard empirical evidence. The author builds on recent empirical work to explore in the context of postreform Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and...
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This paper explores the economic impacts of two related tracks of China's expected transformation—economic slowdown and … on Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper finds that an average annual slowdown of gross domestic product in China of 1 … globally by 0.6 percent relative to the past trends scenario by 2030. However, if China's transformation also entails …
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This paper assesses the impact of the rise of China on the trade of Latin American and Caribbean economies. The study …, Honduras, Mexico, and Paraguay. The paper uses the index and a model of labor mobility, to calculate the impact of China …'s growth on labor markets in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. The resulting evidence suggests that the rise of China has had …
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The paper examines the ways in which recent economic growth has been uneven in China and India and what this has meant … development. The authors argue that the development paths of both China and India have been influenced by, and have generated …
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(Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam), and China will become an ever-larger importer of natural resource and labor …The "rise of Asia" is something of a myth. During 1990-2005 China accounted for 28 percent of global growth, measured … at purchasing power parity (PPP). India accounted for 9 percent. The rest of developing Asia, with nearly a billion …
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This paper examines the extent to which the growth of China and India in world markets is affecting the patterns of … of the trade specialization pattern of China and India. Labor-intensive sectors (both unskilled and skilled) probably … have been negatively affected by the growing presence of China and India in world markets, while natural resource and …
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Although both China and India are labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export mixes are very different … twice as important for India as for China, which is much better integrated into global production networks. Even assuming … opportunity for rapid growth in both countries. Accelerated growth through efficiency improvements in China and India, especially …
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