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The paper discusses some of the social and historical factors behind the evolution of contemporary women …'s organizations in Algeria. The paper states that the women question was never a priority. Yet, since the late 1980s, women became … advocates of their own cause. After 1991, terrorism has also perturbed the activities of women organizations. However, amidst …
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findings of a multi-country research programme, .Pathways of Women.s Empowerment., to explore pathways of positive change in … women.s live …
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The transition to a market economy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union has been associated with greater inequality and social stratification. This paper prepared within the UNU/WIDER project on "Income Distribution and Social Structure during the Transition' analyses trends in social...
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The paper analyses the small- and medium-sized enterprise sector in Poland, seeking to answer the question of whether SME development along current lines is sufficient to assure the sustainable development of the Polish economy.
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Declining social and economic inequalities since the late 1990s coincided with several basic shifts in Latin America.s political landscape, including an electoral turn to the left and a revival of social mobilization from below. These shifts helped to .repoliticize. inequality and return...
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The Chilean development story of the last two to three decades is a mix of successes in the macro, growth, poverty and trade fronts but also of failure in reducing chronic inequality of income and wealth. In addition, the current growth patterns have serious impacts on the environment, natural...
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This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...
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