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    Closing the regional productivity gap in Mexico

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Mexico increased exports and grew rapidly immediately after joining the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, in 1994. But the gap between the country’s rich and poor regions expanded. What happened to labour productivity growth in different regions? And is the labour productivity gap between regions widening or narrowing?
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    Face-to-face interactions enhance effectiveness of NGOs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    There should be more face to face visits between Northern and Southern non-governmental organisations (NGOs). And less reliance on indicators, reports and other documentation, according to an article in Development in Practice.
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    Jobs, jobs, jobs – the policy challenge

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    Although the MDGs do not specifically address employment issues, people’s access to income-generating work is a prerequisite for poverty reduction. Apart from income, employment is also a key source of the skills, abilities and self-respect underpinning people’s livelihoods.
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    Proposals for contributions of emerging economies to the climate regime under the UNFCCC post 2012

    German Federal Environmental Agency, 2008
    This report provides a detailed overview of the national circumstances, emission levels, mitigation potential and measures for the major developing countries of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea.
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    Press freedom and economic development in Latin America

    Centro para la Apertura y el Desarollo de América Latina / Centre for the Opening and Development of Latin America, 2008
    This report seeks to disentangle and analyse the relationship between indicators of press freedom, economic liberty and economic development in Latin America. It considers press freedom and economic development in a historical perspective, and also analyses recent rankings of press and economic freedoms.
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    Do cash transfers enable the very poor to save?

    Oxford Policy Management, 2008
    Experiences from around show that building poor people’s capacities to accumulate assets for the long term is central to poverty reduction. In this process, household savings play a particularly significant role. Contrary to what one might assume, evidence increasingly points to the fact that poor people are able to and do save.
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    Elder poverty in an ageing world: conditions of social vulnerability and low income for women in rich and middle‐income nations

    Luxembourg Income Study, 2008
    In most rich countries, poverty among younger pensioners (under age 70) is no longer a major policy problem, but women typically constitute two-thirds to three-quarters or more of the elderly poor in rich countries. Poverty in rich nations is especially a problem among women aged 75 and older who live alone.
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    Asset functions and livelihood strategies: a framework for pro-poor analysis, policy and practice

    International Livestock Research Institute, 2001
    What are the different functions of assets in livelihood trajectories? How do the functions and attributes of assets affect livelihood strategies? This paper examines the different functions of assets in production, consumption, and exchange in the livelihoods of poor people and presents a framework for analysing the role of assets in livelihoods systems.
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    A guide to indicators and methods for assessing the contribution of livestock keeping to Livelihoods of the poor

    Eldis Document Store, 2005
    How can the ways in which livestock contribute to poor people’s livelihoods be measured?
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    Economic implications of Mexico's sudden demographic transition

    American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2008
    Mexico is in the midst of an unprecedented demographic transition that is changing the size and age structure of its population  Over the past three decades, lower mortality rates and higher life expectancies have been coupled with dramatically reduced fertility rates.

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