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Economic Globalisation and Equity in East Asia
Global Development Network, 2003
East Asia is one of the most globalised regions in the world, with high levels of international trade and international investment, so what have the impacts of globalisation been on poverty and income inequality? For East Asia, globalisation has generally been perceived positively as playing a critical role in the East Asian Economic Miracle, generating growth, employment and opportunities.
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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 assess the state of the nation and progress towards national objectives.
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Engendering development
Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
Draft Policy Research Report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies.The evidence presented shows that societies that discriminate by gender pay a high price in terms of their ability to develop and to reduce poverty.