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    Why have poverty and income inequality increased so much? Argentina 1991 to 2002

    Global Development Network, 2002
    What are the sources of changes in poverty and income inequality among Argentine households during 1991-2001? The paper attempts to understand how the behaviour of the labour market during the nineties affected income inequality and poverty in Argentina.
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    The Political Economy of Latin American Economic Growth

    Global Development Network, 2001
    What are the factors behind Latin America’s poor growth performance? Political reasons for Latin America’s inability to attain the high levels of investment in human and physical capital necessary for sustained economic growth are considered in this paper.
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    Political Economy of Growth and Reforms in South Asia

    Global Development Network, 2000
    This paper attempts to examine the political economy behind the economic policies in South Asia and to draw lessons from them. Specific reform measures that India and Sri Lanka undertook are analysed and the political economy rationale of such policies are examined.The political history and economic performance of South Asian countries are first briefly described.
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    Framework Paper on the Political Economics of Growth in Transition Countries

    Global Development Network, 2000
    What were the problems confronting the choices to be made by transition economies? At the start of transition, post-communist countries had the "choice of a system", but at the expense of major costs.
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    Markets and growth in the post-communist world

    Global Development Network, 2000
    This paper examines the linkages between policy-induced improvements in static and dynamic efficiency in factor markets and medium-to-long-term economic growth in post-communist or transition economies.
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    Markets and Growth in Latin America

    Global Development Network, 2000
    The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of distortions to capital accumulation in explaining the development experience of Latin America between 1960 and 1997.The paper attributes differences in the relative price of capital across countries and across time to government policies.
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    Markets and Economic Growth in South Asia, 1950-97: An Interpretation

    Global Development Network, 2000
    What role do output and factor markets play in shaping the pace as well as composition of economic growth in the major South Asian economies? This paper seeks to explain the slow pace of economic growth in these economies since the 1950s using Simon Kuznets-Douglass North Institutional approach to economic growth.
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    Markets and economic growth in East Asia

    Global Development Network, 1999
    Do markets and governments work in a complementary fashion by improving the rate of expansion and effectiveness of:physical capital accumulation?human capital accumulation?technological progress?Governments may have occasion to intervene in markets to enhance the rate of growth of these three fundamental factors, and to improve upon their effectiveness.
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    Labour markets and economic growth in the MENA Region

    Global Development Network, 2000
    Does understanding growth and development require an understanding of the creation and deployment of human capital?
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    Characteristics and Behavior of African Factor Markets and Market Institutions and Their Consequences for Economic Growth

    Global Development Network, 2000
    Recent evidence from the endogenous growth models has shown that traditional factors, such as low level of savings, low level of investment, poor technology and inappropriate government policies, may not be sufficient to fully explain the African growth experience.

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