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- An overview of progress made in attaining the millennium development goals with regard to children
- ( United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2007)
- This paper provides an overview on progress made in attaining the millennium development goals (MDGs) with regard to children....
- Declining human development in Namibia
- ( S. Levine / United Nations Development Programme , 2007)
- This paper uses a capability approach to analyse current levels and recent trends in socioeconomic development and poverty in Namibia. Based on official national data sources the Human development Ind...
- What is the extent of the income inequality and consumption distribution in China?
- ( E.D. Ramstetter;D. Erbiao;H. Sakamoto / , 2006)
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This paper examines recent trends in the distribution of income and consumption in China. It operates on the basis that income and consumption are meaningful economic indicators.
The do... - Is Asia and the Pacific on track to meet the MDGs?
- ( H. Fu;S. Chaterjee;O. Noman / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2007)
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2007 marks the midpoint towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report provides a progress report on the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific and highlights the challenges that remain. The re...
- Access to free, clean water key to human development
- ( K. Watkins / Human Development Report Office, UNDP , 2006)
- For 2006 the UN's Human Development Report focuses on global access to clean water and sanitation. Responsible for 2 million child deaths a year, the global water crisis, the report argues, demands im...
- Analysing population distribution relative to poverty and environmental factors
- ( M. Salvatore / Poverty Mapping , 2005)
- Rural poverty is often associated with vulnerability to environmental conditions. By relating population distribution to environmental characteristics, the underlying causes of poverty can be better ...
- Development of a statistical monitoring system
- ( B.K. Wold; S. Opdahl; E. Rauan; R. Johannessen; I.T. Olsen / Statistics Norway , 2004)
- The main aim of this report is to show how a statistical system for tracking resource and policy impact could be designed and implemented. The system presented is designed to provide easily obtainable...
- World Income Inequality Database has been updated
- ( World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2004)
- The new WIID2 beta database consists of:a checked and corrected WIID1a new update of the Deininger & Squire database from the World Bank,new estimates from the Luxembourg Income Study ...
- Despite progress in poverty reduction, huge portions of the population face extreme poverty.
- ( Asian Development Bank Institute , 2004)
- This study tracks the incidence of poverty throughout Asia and examines how governments and institutions identify who is impoverished. It provides 30 regional tables of socio-economic and financial in...
- Workers must earn equal pay for equal work to achieve social justice
- ( Jus Semper Global Alliance , 2003)
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This collection of charts presents data on wage gaps for the Group of Seven (G7) largest economies, and other selected countries including emerging economies for the period 1975-2004.
The motivation...
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