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    The dynamics of inter-provincial income distribution in Indonesia

    The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2007
    This paper examines regional income disparity in Indonesia and inter-provincial income disparity in Indonesian provinces using the distribution approach. It notes that the results suggest a trend toward increased disparities since the 1990s.
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    The world’s most deprived: characteristics and causes of extreme poverty and hunger

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
    Despite considerable progress in poverty reduction in the past decade, millions of people around the world remain preoccupied solely with survival, and hunger is a reality in their everyday lives. This paper examines the first Millennium Development Goal, the halving of poverty and hunger, and explores the characteristics of those who are likely to be left behind.
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    Global imbalances and developing countries: remedies for a failing international financial system

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007
    A major risk for the world economy, and especially for developing countries, is an abrupt unwinding of global imbalances. This volume compiles the perspectives of several authorities on international finance and macroeconomics. It has a regional focus on Africa and East Asia, and is structured into three main sections:
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    Globalization, growth and distribution: framing the questions

    Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2007
    In the last two decades, a range of countries have experienced high growth, reduced poverty but rising inequality. This paper examines the nexus between growth, redistribution and poverty, and asks several key questions including:
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    Changes in population structure and household consumption inequality in Jakarta-West Java and Central Java

    The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2006
    This paper discusses income distribution in Java with a particular emphasis on factors that affect consumption inequality in Indonesia. The document reviews existing works on inequality and relates this to income and population structure by analysing official census data.
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    Trends in human development and human poverty in Namibia

    United Nations Development Programme, 2007
    This paper uses a capability approach to analyse current levels and recent trends in socioeconomic development and poverty in Namibia. Based on official national data sources the Human development Index (HDI) and Human Poverty Index (HPI) for Namibia are computed and analysed.
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    Mobility for development: facts and trends

    World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2007
    Sustainable mobility as the ability to meet the needs of a society to move freely, gain access, communicate, trade and establish relationships without sacrificing other essential human or ecological value today or in the future.
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    Boda-bodas rule: non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in western Kenya

    GIGA Deutsches Orient-Institut / GIGA German Institute for Middle East Studies, 2007
    Engagement in non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be classified as survival-led (decreasing inequality) or opportunity-led (increasing inequality). In this article the authors confirm the existence of the differently motivated diversification strategies in Western Kenya.
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    Interrelationship between growth, inequality, and poverty: the Asian experience

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries for the period 1981–2001. The author uses an inequality–growth trade-off index (IGTI) to analyse the trade-off between inequality and growth. A poverty equivalent growth rate is also employed to study the distributional impact of growth.
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    Reflections on poverty and inequality in South Africa: policy considerations in an emerging democracy

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2006
    This paper analyses the nature and dimensions of poverty and inequality in South Africa, focusing on the gains that have been made and gaps that remain. The findings include:

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