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What difference do polarisation measures make? an application to China
Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2000This article explores the veracity of the claimed differences between inequlity and polarity.Main points:In recent years there has been much discussion of the difference between inequality and polarisation.The vast literature on inequality is held to miss out key features of distributional change, which are better described as changes in polarisation.DocumentExport platforms in Kenya
Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2000In 1987, three export platforms were introduced to promote labour-intensive manufactures: they were Manufacturing under bond (MUB) and Export Processing Zones (EPZ) both targeting new investments, and a duty and VAT exemption scheme (EPPO) targeting existing manufacturers.DocumentWebs of power: forest loss in Guinea
Seminar [Indian journal], 2000Examines the contrast between the formulation of problems in development policy, and the perspectives of villagers in Kissidougou (Guinea) in relationship to 'demonstrably' false ideas about environmental change.DocumentYear 2000 country profile: the status of Tanzania with the IMF and the World Bank
Globalization Challenge Initiative, 2000Globalization Challenge Initiative (GCI) publishes the SAP Information Alert Series in order to promote informed debate about IMF and World Bank-financed operations, including the potential political, economic, social and environmental consequences of sectoral and strucural adjustment programs.DocumentMultilateral trade liberalization and poverty reduction
Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Germany, 2000This study assesses the likely impacts of trade liberalisation on the incidence of poverty. The study attempts to maintain a multi-country focus on liberalisation by comparing experience in 5 countries (Thailand, Zambia, India )Approach:The authors simulate a global model to determine regional price changes owing to a policy experiment.DocumentAid, exports and growth in Ghana
Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2001A number of recent cross-country studies have revitalised the debate on the effectiveness of aid. While there is mounting evidence that aid does contribute to growth, there is some dispute as to whether good policy is a necessary condition for aid effectiveness.This paper is a contribution to the literature, providing a time series study of Ghana.DocumentAttaining the International Development Targets: will growth be enough?
World Bank, 2000The paper examines the prospects of meeting the International Development Targets.DocumentEducation Reform Support, Volumes 1-6
Center for International Development, Research Triangle Institute (RTI), 1997This six-volume series presents an integrated approach to supporting education reform efforts in developing countries, with particular emphasis in Africa. It is intended largely to specify how a collaborating external agent can help strategic elements within a host country steer events toward coherent, demand-driven, and sustainable education reform.DocumentUnveiling women as pillars of peace building in communities fractured by conflict in Kenya
United Nations Development Programme, 2000Presenting the experiences of peace workers (from the Wajir District, Western Kenya, and North Rift) in initiating and nurturing peace in post conflict situations in Kenya, this paper documents the ways that women contribute to rebuilding communities fractured by conflict.The paper claims that the traditional rituals of peace often preclude the full participation of women, and that when peace n