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Migration, Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Reflections on Some South Asian Developments

Ballard, Roger - 2005

This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...

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Social Protection for the Informal Sector : State of the international debate and the situation in the Arab world with special reference to the potential of the micro-insurance app...

Loewe, Markus - 2004

Welt realisieren zumindest in Ländern wie z.B. Jordanien oder Marokko. …Social policy reforms are due in the Arab world. The main problem of social protection in this world region is not a … been set up in the Arab world but some very successful examples were found in other world regions. Likewise, micro …

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Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition

Kimenyi, Mwangi S. - 2006

The paper discusses the meaning and measurement of pro-poor growth and also reviews evidence of pro-poor growth (or the lack of it) in a large cross-section of countries and time periods. The emerging story is that many episodes of growth are not pro-poor and also that although economic reforms...

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11.471 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor, Fall 2007

Tendler, Judith - 2007

This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the...

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Off-Grid Electricity Access and its Impact on Micro-Enterprises: Evidence from Rural Uganda.

Muhoro, Peter N. - 2010

The history of development shows convincingly that no country has substantially reduced poverty without massively increasing the use of electricity. The development of micro-enterprises in rural areas of Uganda is linked with increased access and useof electricity services. In this study, I...

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The political economy of water and sanitation in developing countries : cross-country evidence and a case study on Colombia

Krause, Matthias - 2007

Advances in human development are closely linked to increasing access to water and sanitation services in developing countries. The present study investigates the role of governance for mastering this challenge. The motivation for choosing this subject is the insight that the focus on...

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Four Essays on University Economics

Hein, Miriam - 2008

This dissertation is a collection of four research papers written during my doctoral studies at the University of Konstanz between October 2004 and November 2008. These papers are empirical studies dealing with different aspects in the field of university economics. The focus of the first two...

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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : The Applicability of the Harris Todaro Model with a Special Focus on the Chinese Economy

Bahns, Karin Margarethe - 2005

Die Arbeit untersucht die Anwendbarkeit des HarrisTodaro Modells für Land-Stadt-Migrations-Prozesse inEntwicklungsländern. Dabei geht es nicht nur um das Basismodel,sondern auch um die Modell-Erweiterungen, die internationalenHandel, einen städtischen informellen Sektor und die Aspekte...

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Konsequenzen des TRIPS-Übereinkommens für die Arzneimittelversorgung von Entwicklungsländern

Oppermann, Julia - 2008

Mit der Gründung der WTO am 1.1.1995 trat das TRIPS-Übereinkommen in Kraft. Es verpflichtet alle WTO Mitglieder zur Umsetzung von Rechten zum Schutze des geistigen Eigentums, welche dem Niveau industrialisierter Staaten nahezu entsprechen. Die Stärkung internationaler Immaterialgüterrechte...

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Bewertung konsumorientierter Steuerreformen in Entwicklungsländern : eine numerische Allgemeine Gleichgewichtsanalyse für Thailand

Niyomthai, Pilanya - 2004

In der Steuerreformdiskussion sind sich Ökonomen durchaus über die theoretischen Vorzüge der konsomorientierten Besteuerung gegenüber dem Konzept der Einkommensbesteuerung einig. Aus der qualitativen Analyse in der vorliegenden Arbeit stellen sich die zwischen 1994-2000 in Kroatien...

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