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    Promoting group justice: fiscal policies in post-conflict countries

    Political Economy Research Institute, 2008
    The need for post-conflict countries to address economic inequality, particularly horizontal inequality among culturally defined groups, is increasingly being recognised. But it is less clear how this should be done.
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    Globalisation, labour markets and inequality in India

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    Analysing unit-level data on poverty, inequality and employment in post-reform India, this book finds that:
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    It's all about jobs: perceptions of performance in Namibia

    Institute of Public Policy Research, Namibia, 2008
    Namibia is facing another round of national elections, and pre-election manoeuvring has already begun. Two new political parties have emerged, and existing parties are getting ready for another go.
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    Striving for growth, bypassing the poor? A critical review of Rwanda’s rural sector policies

    Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, 2007
    This paper critically analyses the challenges and priorities for Rwanda’s rural sector policies in the fight against poverty. The lessons drawn are important, the author asserts, as this sector will be at the forefront of Rwanda’s new Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS or PRSP-2).
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    Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    Examines the region’s key short and medium term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas and studies long-term development issues for the developing countries in the region.
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    World public finances and global income inequality

    Choike, 2008
    This paper reviews theories and empirical findings on inequality and finds evidence for a liberal shift in international development:
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    Are there lessons for Africa from China’s success against poverty?

    World Bank Research, 2008
    China has emerged as a major investor and aid donor in Africa. However this paper contends that, from an African perspective, it is above all a role model for successful poverty reduction. Throughout its reform period, China reduced poverty at a much higher rate than the rest of the developing world.
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    Can all cash transfers reduce inequality?

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This one-page document examines the impact of three Latin American Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes providing cash transfers to poor families, conditioned on children’s school attendance and regular medical checks-ups.
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    Pro-poor growth: explaining the cross-country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2007
    Economic growth is associated with reductions in income poverty. However, developing countries exhibit large differences in the percentage change in the poverty headcount ratio associated with a percentage change in the growth rate. Analysing panel data for 52 low and middle income countries, this paper finds the following micro-level determinants of this growth elasticity of poverty:
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    Under the radar: Pentecostalism in South Africa and its potential social and economic role

    Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa, 2008
    Post-apartheid South Africa has seen massive growth in Pentecostal church membership - a change that is often overlooked by development researchers. This report, based on interviews with pastors and congregants, and surveys in Hout Bay and Gauteng, examines this phenomenon, with two specific aims:

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