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  Disparity, deprivation and discrimination in rural India

  Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2007

  Despite the good performance of India's economy in recent years, disadvantaged groups such as the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) face both higher incidence and intensity of poverty than other groups.
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  Inequality and GM crops: a case-study of Bt cotton in India

  AgBioForum, 2007

  Critics of genetically modified (GM) crops often contend that their introduction enhances the gap between rich and poor farmers, as the former group are in the best position to afford the expensive seed as well as provide other inputs such as fertilizer and irrigation. The research reported in this paper explores this
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  The right to development in a climate constrained world: the Greenhouse Development Rights framework

  Ecoequity, 2007

  This paper presents an exposition of the Greenhouse Development Rights (GDRs) framework and an indicative quantification of its implications. Through a human development lens, it looks at the key issues, challenges and politics in a GDR framework.
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  Trade-induced changes in economic inequality: assessment issues and policy implications for developing countries

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2008

  The starting point of this paper is given by country situations where trade liberalisation is expected to be poverty and inequality alleviating in the long run while inducing a short run increase in poverty or in inequality.
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  Truly inconvenient: tackling poverty and climate change at once

  Christian Aid, 2008

  This paper discusses how human development aid and improving economic opportunities for poor people can be combined with reducing atmospheric greenhouse gases and global warming. It highlights the urgent need for action. The authors support the Greenhouse Development Rights (GDRs) framework of equity for sharing the cost of the action needed.
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  Fair growth: economic policies for Latin America’s poor and middle-income majority

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2008

  Macroeconomic vulnerability, insignificant job creation during the 1990s and reforms lacking social concern have created a sense of economic insecurity with middle-income and poor households in Latin America. This volume presents tools to make life in Latin America more equitable and fair for this silent majority. First, it puts forward macroeconomic policies such as:
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  Is all socioeconomic inequality among racial groups in Brazil caused by racial discrimination?

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008

  This working paper looks at whether current racial discrimination is to blame for the persistent inequalities between whites and blacks in Brazil. The three main conclusions are:
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  Remittances, migration and social development: a conceptual review of the literature

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2007

  This paper reviews the empirical literature on the relationship between remittances and various dimensions of social development in the developing world within a broader conceptual framework of migration and development theory. Empirical and theoretical research highlights the heterogeneous nature of migration-remittance-development interactions.
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  Urbanization, educational expansion, and expenditures inequality in Indonesia in 1996, 1999, and 2002

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007

  Urban-rural location and education are often considered among the main causes of expenditure inequality. This paper examines inequality changes associated with urbanization and educational expansion in Indonesia.
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  'Inclusive citizenship' for the chronically poor: exploring the inclusion-exclusion nexus in collective struggles

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2008

  The promotion of ‘inclusive citizenship’, through which the disadvantaged engage in collective struggles for justice and recognition, has been attracting growing attention as a solution to chronic poverty. This paper considers this formulation by drawing on a case of landless squatters (Sukumbasis) in Western Nepal.

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