- Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America: A Causal Analysis, 1970 - 94
- A. de Janvry; E. Sadoulet 1999
- Uses data for the 1970-94 period for 12 Latin American countries to analyze the role of aggregate income growth on changes in urban and rural poverty and inequality. Shows that income growth is only effective in reducing poverty and i...
- Workers in an integrating world: World Bank World Development Report 1995: executive summary
- World Development Report, World Bank, 1999
- Minimum wages and poverty in developing countries: some empirical evidence
- N. Lustig; D. McLeod / Brookings Institution, 1996
- This paper examines the relationship between minimum wages and poverty in developing countries. We regress changes in poverty indicators for a group of developing countries on minimum wage changes, changes in public spending, human ca...
- Priorities and Strategies for Education: a World Bank Review
- Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1995
- Informing policy by lessons learned from PSIs
- United Nations Development Programme, 2001
- This paper is the result of independent country evaluations commissioned by UNDP in order to assess the results and impact achieved by the Poverty Strategies Initiative (PSI) and assist in determining the nature and extent of absolute...
- How Should We Assess Poverty Using Data from Different Surveys?
- Poverty Lines, World Bank, 1998
- Poverty comparisons across time, countries or regions are often made using data from different surveys. The World Bank’s Poverty Assessments routinely include such comparisons
- Plan of Action for People's Participation in Rural Development, FAO
- People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1999
- FAO People's Participation Programme
- People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1999
- Protecting the Poor During Adjustment (World Bank)
- HNPFLASH, 1999
- Economic Policy Reform and Growth Prospects in Emerging Africa Economies
- P. Guillaumont; S.G. Jeanneney; A. Varoudakis / OECD Development Centre, 1999
- Assesses the prospects for growth of African economies up to the year 2010 by modelling structural and policy determinants of growth, under different scenarios for changes in the exogenous factors and economic policies which shape the...
- What makes a local organisation robust?: evidence from India and Nepal (ODI Natural Resource Perspectives)
- M. Hobley; K. Shah / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- The move towards decentralisation of resource control and management promises more efficient, equitable and sustainable resource use. Debate centres on what type of institutional arrangement in a given context is most appropriate and ...
- Implementing a New Indicator of Social Development in Mexico: Literate Life Expectancy (LLE) (Medina / IIASA)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1999
- For scientists, measuring social development has been a long-lasting objective; for the public, it has been a partially-resolved demand. Social indicators have been used informally for a very long time, particularly in economics, to a...
- Promoting food security in Rwanda through sustainable agricultural productivity: meeting the challenges of population pressure, land degradation and poverty (MSU)
- Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999
- Situation and prospects for forest conservation and development: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 1
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- Policy, planning and institutional arrangements: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 2
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- Growth, employment and redistribution: a macroeconomic strategy (South African Government policy document)
- African National Congress, 1999
- A strategy for rebuilding and restructuring the economy is set out in this document, in keeping with the goals set in the Reconstruction and Development Programme. In the context of this integrated economic strategy, we can successful...
- World Bank and poverty reduction in China (China Briefing)
- China Development Brief, 1999
- NGDO Charter: Basic Principles of Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs in the European Union (NGDO-EU)
- TRIALOG, 1999
- Human Development Index (UNDP Human Development Report)
- Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999
- To allow comparisons across countries and over time, where possible the indicator tables in the Report are based on internationally standardized data, collected and processed by sister agencies in the international system or, in a few...
- Analytical tools for human development [the conceptual basis for UNDP Human Development Index / development indicators]
- Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999
- This paper briefly presents the analytical tools developed in the Human Development Reports since their inception in 1990 and describes their potential uses in national settings. Includes descriptions of the Human Development Index (H...
- Department of Economics, Strathclyde University
- University department. Research interests in the Department are wide-ranging, with particular emphasis on Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Regional Economics and Energy Economics.
- BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS
- The BRICS Policy Center (BPC) / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS is a joint initiative of the City of Rio de Janeiro and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). The Center is dedicated to the study of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and other middle powers, and it is administered by the Institute of International Relations...
- Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels (CTA)
- On 4th April, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “ACP Small island economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities” with the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners. The Brussels briefings website hosts the video documentation of all the speeches given at the conference, as well as the presentations of the speakers, the programme of...
- Regional Emergency Cluster Advisor Project (RECA)
- The RECA project is an inter-agency initiative designed to enhance WASH preparedness and response capacity around the world. The project provides direct support in a number of countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides dedicated technical and human resources to WASH coordination platforms and stakeholders, through its six Regional Emergency Clu...
- Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP)
- The Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP) is an independent think tank serving the Pacific islands community. PiPP engages and connects principal stakeholders, promoting fraternity between the Pacific island countries and regional neighbours such as New Zealand and Australia.
- International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)
- Chinese platform for knowledge sharing, information exchange and international collaboration in the areas of poverty reduction and development.
- Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM)
- The CEDEM is an interfaculty centre which aims to carry out theoretical and empirical research in the fields of human migrations, ethnic relations and racism. Among others, the Centre is interested in the relations between migration processes and uneven development. These researches are led in a pluri-disciplinary perspective: political science, sociology, anthropology, international relations, la...
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi
- The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic issues in the country. Its main mandate is to provide professional advice and technical support to Government and the public on economic and social policy development and management so as to achi...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- Africa Progress Panel
- The Africa Progress Panel consists of a group of individuals who lend their time to track and encourage progress in Africa, and to underscore shared responsibility between African leaders and their international partners for sustaining it. A Geneva-based Secretariat supports the Panel in three main areas: research and policy; advocacy and communication; and preparation of APP core produ...
