Growth
- Is there evidence that the incidence of small and medium enterprises reduce poverty?
- T. Beck; A. Demirguc-Kunt; R. Levine / World Bank, 2004
- This paper explores the relationship between the relative size of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, economic growth, and poverty using a new database on the share of SME labour in the total manufacturing labour force. ...
- Is it really that simple to relate high growth with poverty reduction?: evidence from Indonesia
- T. Tambunan / Center for Industrial Economic Studies, Faculty of Economics, University of Trisakti, Indonesia, 2004
- Faced with poverty and economic stagnation caused by bad macroeconomic management and domestic political instability, the government of Indonesia adopted import substitution strategies to develop the capacity of domestic industries in...
- Experience in Brazil with stabilisation programmes
- J.S. Arbache / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004
- This paper discusses Brazil’s attempts to improve sustainable growth through stabilisation programmes over the last twenty years, and more recently, structural reforms in line with the Washington Consensus Agenda. The author prop...
- Economic liberalisation has failed to benefit Swazi workers
- G. Tati / Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004
- This paper addresses the question of why poverty is so pervasive in Swaziland despite substantial economic growth over the last several years. The author examines how macroeconomic developments have impacted on poverty within cross-bo...
- Investigating the growth and redistribution effects of poverty in Cameroon
- M.F Baye / Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004
- This paper investigates the growth and redistribution effects of changes in poverty using Cameroon’s household surveys. Using cooperative game theory, the author develops an exact decomposition framework based on the Shapley Valu...
- National budgets must account for domestic and reproductive labour
- A. Latigo; D. Ironmonger / UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2004
- This issues paper discusses how to take gender into consideration when addressing growth issues and how to close the gender gap in African development. It recommends officially recognising the contribution of household production and ...
- Changes in the economic climate during the 1990s led to large increase in inequality
- M. Damill; R. Frenkel; R. Maurizio / Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, 2002
- The macroeconomic regime in Argentina underwent major changes in the 1990s, including the introduction of the convertibility exchange rate regime; privatisation of publicly-owned firms; and a move towards more openness of trade and fi...
- What are the macro policies that can help Armenians out of poverty?
- United Nations Development Program in Armenia,, Armenia, 2002
- With the collapse of the Soviet Union and a centralised economy, Armenia has experienced a dramatic fall in living standards and a striking increase in income inequality. The report explores the nature of poverty and inequality in Arm...
- Structural adjustment programme in Pakistan fails to provide safety nets for workers
- M Shamim / Strengthening Participatory Organization, Pakistan, 2003
- Pakistan’s recent Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) has been criticised for failing to mention any policies for redundant industrial labour. Such policies may be needed because workers are likely to be made redund...
- An econometric analysis of regional inequality in China
- R. Kanbur; X. Zhang / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004
- This study makes an attempt at understanding the driving forces behind the changes in China’s regional inequality. It constructs and analyses a long-run time-series for regional inequality in China from the Communist Revolution t...
- National budgets must account for domestic and reproductive labour
- A. Latigo; D. Ironmonger / UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2004
- This issues paper discusses how to take gender into consideration when addressing growth issues and how to close the gender gap in African development. It recommends officially recognising the contribution of household production and ...
- Changes in the economic climate during the 1990s led to large increase in inequality
- M. Damill; R. Frenkel; R. Maurizio / Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, 2002
- The macroeconomic regime in Argentina underwent major changes in the 1990s, including the introduction of the convertibility exchange rate regime; privatisation of publicly-owned firms; and a move towards more openness of trade and fi...
- What are the macro policies that can help Armenians out of poverty?
- United Nations Development Program in Armenia,, Armenia, 2002
- With the collapse of the Soviet Union and a centralised economy, Armenia has experienced a dramatic fall in living standards and a striking increase in income inequality. The report explores the nature of poverty and inequality in Arm...
- Structural adjustment programme in Pakistan fails to provide safety nets for workers
- M Shamim / Strengthening Participatory Organization, Pakistan, 2003
- Pakistan’s recent Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) has been criticised for failing to mention any policies for redundant industrial labour. Such policies may be needed because workers are likely to be made redund...
- An econometric analysis of regional inequality in China
- R. Kanbur; X. Zhang / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004
- This study makes an attempt at understanding the driving forces behind the changes in China’s regional inequality. It constructs and analyses a long-run time-series for regional inequality in China from the Communist Revolution t...
- Income trends and prospects for poverty reduction in Africa
- A. Shimeles; A. Bigsten / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004
- This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. The authors examine the levels and trends in i...
- Do political institutions cause economic growth?
- E.L. Glaeser; R. La Porta; F. Lopez-de-Silane; A. Shleifer / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
- This paper revisits the debate over whether political institutions cause economic growth, or whether, alternatively, growth and human capital accumulation lead to institutional improvement. It finds that most indicators of inst...
- Empirical evidence of the relationship between trade liberalisation, inequality, and poverty
- P.K. Goldberg; N. Pavcnik / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
- This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the relationship between trade liberalisation, inequality, and poverty based on the analysis of micro data from several developing countries that underwent significant trade reforms in rece...
- Evaluating the economic impact of adjustment policies on the Sudanese economy
- A. Bannaga / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2004
- This paper seeks to assess the impact of adjustment reforms on Sudan taking the current account balance as policy performance indicator. The author shows that the government own reforms were more effective than those imposed by the IM...
- Good globalisation needs good dialogue between the 'pro' and the 'anti'
- E. Aisbett / Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Berkeley, 2003
- This paper argues that lasting global economic integration is not the inevitable outcome of the process of globalisation. Many alternative outcomes are possible, and many of these will be far less favourable to the poor. The best hope...
- World Growth
- World growth organisation bringing balance to the debate over trade, globalisation, and sustainable development
- Africa Commission
- Danish Africa Commission to improve economic growth and emplyment
- Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region (RiPPLE)
- A focus on water supply and sanitation challenges in Ethiopia
- The Prosperity Initiative (PI)
- Eradicating poverty through market forces
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
- Economic research centre at the University of Oxford
