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    Poverty in Manipur

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    Differences in the extent and nature of poverty are evident in the Indian region of Manipur, particularly between the mountain and hill regions.
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    Inequalities and equity in Africa

    Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2006
    What is the extent of inequality in Africa? This comparative study of five African countries focuses on inequalities of income, land, education and health.Analysis of both cross-sectional and longitudinal inequality confirms the existence of wide disparities in Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Madagascar.
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    Namibia on track to meet global poverty goal

    The Namibian, 2007
    According to a recent survey, the 2006 targets for poverty and inequality set out in the Namibian National Development Plan II seem to have been achieved ahead of schedule.
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    The structural determinants of external vulnerability

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    This study investigates how the impact of terms-of-trade shocks on GDP is influenced by countries' openness to trade and the flexibility of their labour markets and markets for goods and services.
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    Reducing urban violence in developing countries

    Brookings Institution, 2006
    This brief presents an integrated framework for understanding urban violence. It is informed by the findings from participatory urban appraisals of violence undertaken in 18 poor urban communities in Colombia and Guatemala.The paper argues that evidence from Latin America challenges the popular stereotype that poverty is the main cause of violence.
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    Distributional and poverty impacts of Uganda's growth: 1992-2003

    Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2005
    To encourage a discussion of the poverty and distributional impacts of growth in Uganda, this paper assesses the outcomes of growth strategies pursued during the 1990s.
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    The land question in South Africa

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006
    The need for large-scale land redistribution in Southern Africa is undisputed. In order to redress centuries of dispossession, this highly complex process has the potential to encourage economic growth and poverty reduction.
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    Testing the Kuznets Curve for countries and households using the body mass index

    Economic Science Research Institute, University of Costa Rica / Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2006
    This paper, prepared for the WIDER Conference on Advancing Health Equity, seeks to test the claim of the Kuznets model that inequality initially increases, and then declines again, as a country develops.
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    The post-apartheid evolution of earnings inequality in South Africa, 1995-2004

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
    Understanding earnings inequality is a major part in understanding the inequality in total income in South Africa, where earnings constitute the main component of income.
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    Colonisation and development in the former French West Africa: the long-term impact of the colonial public policy

    Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2006
    What influence has colonialism had on current inequalities in French speaking West Africa? This paper examines the impact of colonial rule on current levels of health, education and access to public works.

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