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    Cities on the brink: urban poverty in the 21st century

    CARE International, 2006
    In 2007 the world will tip from being predominantly rural to predominantly urban.
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    Where the poor are: an atlas of poverty

    Center for International Earth Science Information Network, 2006
    This atlas brings together a varied collection of maps from many continents and countries, depicting small area estimates of vital development indicators in significant spatial detail, and discussing their many potential uses.The maps demonstrate a number of scenarios:the global spread of poverty is illustrated by the worldwide scale of infant mortality the global distribution of hunger
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    Poverty and the peoples' contract: reaping the post-apartheid dividend?

    Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2006
    The ANC's 2004 electoral campaign centred around the concept of a peoples' contract - a promise to ensure employment opportunities and to fight poverty for the average South African citizen.
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    The gross inequities of global imbalances

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    Current global economic imbalances cause a grossly inequitable distribution of global resources.
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    Budget 2007: poverty amidst plenty

    Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2007
    This latest report from the Budget Information Service at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa examines the government budget for 2007 and proposes future policy options.
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    Poverty and inequality: all-India and states, 1983-2005

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    This paper examines changes in poverty and inequality at the all-India level during the period 1983 to 2004-05.Concentrating on a number of different time periods throughout the 21st century, the paper examines changes in the very poor category for these years.
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    Has there been any social mobility for non-whites in Brazil?

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    The legal grounds for racial stratification have been eliminated in Brazil. However, race remains a very important determinant of stratification. This one-pager examines the social mobility of racial groups in Brazil.The overall conclusion the author presents is that non-whites, as a group, have experienced very little social mobility.
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    Inequality is bad for the poor

    PovertyNet, World Bank, 2007
    This paper re-examines the neo-liberal contention that inequality is an inevitable by-product of the economic growth needed to reduce poverty.
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    Rural poor in rich rural areas: poverty in rural Argentina

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    Extreme income poverty in rural Argentina has reached exorbitant levels.
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    Inequality aversion and stochastic decision-making: experimental evidence from Zimbabwean villages after land reform

    ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2006
    Land reform has come to dictate a great deal more than simple distribution in many African countries.

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