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    Training module on monetary policy

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This module outlines the basic principle of pro-poor monetary policy. It seeks to:
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    The macroeconomic implications of MDG-based strategies in sub-Saharan Africa

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    An alternative macroeconomic framework oriented towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa is known and feasible. Currently, the effects of neoliberal reforms have been counter-productive with non-intervention leading to increased volatility of nominal exchange rates.
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    Rethinking economic reform in Jordan: confronting socioeconomic realities

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007
    This paper explores the extent of and limits to the economic reform process in Jordan since 1989. It argues that the general public is sceptical about reforms because previous efforts failed to address the major social and economic problems affecting the majority of its citizens. Likewise, reform efforts face severe resistance from elites who benefit from the status quo.
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    Budget policy and income distribution

    International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2007
    This paper provides an overview of the conceptual bases of incidence analyses. It highlights some measurement issues, reviews the main techniques used to estimate tax, benefit and fiscal incidence, and summarises the empirical results that have been obtained for developing countries.
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    Fiscal policy and equity: estimation of the progressivity and redistributive capacity of taxes and social public expenditure in the Andean countries

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2007
    Recent studies show that Latin America is the region with the highest levels of inequality in the world.
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    Reconsidering UK community development finance

    New Economics Foundation, 2007
    This report evaluates the impact community development finance institutions (CDFI) have had on the most disadvantaged communities in the UK since they were introduced ten years ago. The report concludes that CDFIs have a positive impact on disadvantaged communities, but that they have not met the initial expectations and are not living up to their full potential. This is partly due to:
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    The impact of growth and redistribution on poverty and inequality in South Africa

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    The authors evaluate the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since democracy in 1994. They argue that while it remains contested whether there are fewer people in poverty today, there is greater consensus among analysts that inequality has increased since 1994.
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    Fiscal management and scaled-up aid

    IMF Publications, 2007
    With increasing aid entering many developing countries, there is a need for sound fiscal policy in order to manage these volatile flows. This paper reviews measures that should be taken in order to strengthen public financial management in order to ensure effective use of these scaled-up aid flows.
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    Fiscal policy and poverty alleviation: some policy options for Nigeria

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2007
    This study examines three different types of fiscal policies (transfers to poor households, targeting of government expenditure and import tariff adjustment) and their implication on income distribution, poverty reduction, resource allocation and output response. It argues that sectoral targeting is the most effective tool for poverty reduction.
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    Key Indicators 2007: inequality in Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    Over the last decade, high rates of economic growth have become more common in Asian countries, yet it is widely believed that inequalities have also grown in many countries. How correct is this perception, and how broadly does it apply to a region as diverse as developing Asia?

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