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  Poverty and exclusion, resources and relationships: theorising the links between economic and social development

  ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries . University of Bath, 2006

  This paper investigates the nature of illbeing in a Latin American context, with particular reference to debates over the relationship between resource endowments and processes of social exclusion and inclusion.The paper summarises and critiques the social exclusion theory of the Peruvian economist Adolfo Figueroa - also known as the sigma model.
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  The unresolved land reform debate: beyond state-led or market-led models

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  Sharp inequalities in the distribution of land remains a major cause of extreme poverty in many developing countries. Some instances are the result of ownership patterns inherited from colonial administrations, others are linked to the struggle for economic prosperity in the post-independence era.Landlessness is therefore a significant problem for the rural poor.
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  Membership based organizations of the poor: concepts, experience and policy

  Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2006

  Central to achieving equitable growth and poverty reduction are organisations whose governance structures are accountable to the poor, and therefore respond to their needs and aspirations. This paper focuses on Membership Based Organisations of the Poor (MBOPs). It outlines structures and activities that characterise MBOPs, and it identifies determinants of their success and failure.
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  The determinants and consequences of chronic and transient poverty in Nepal

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006

  Policy designed to reduce both chronic and transient poverty needs to look at the root causes common to both. This study focuses on the impacts of wealth, human capital and ethnicity on both types of poverty.
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  Labor segmentation and poverty

  Making markets work better for the poor, 2006

  Since labour is the main asset of the poor, how the poor take advantage of the opportunity and benefit from growth depend critically on the functioning of the labour markets. This paper determines the extent and main causes of labour market segmentation in Viet Nam, and thus its impact on poverty.The study reveals some strong evidence of labour market segmentation.
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  Have pro-poor health policies improved the targeting of spending and the effective delivery of health care in South Africa?

  Bureau for Economic Research, South Africa, 2006

  Since the advent of the post-apartheid era in 1994, the South African health care system has undergone numerous radical policy changes. Free primary health care was introduced in 1996, and budget allocations have largely shifted to traditionally poorly endowed provinces.
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  Kenyan national conference on equity and growth: conference report

  Society for International Development, 2006

  Often considered a highly unequal country, disparities in Kenya have manifested themselves along income, regional and gender lines. Most importantly, inequalities in opportunity, rights and political power underpin the disparities found throughout mainstream society.This report is the outcome of the National Conference on Equity and Growth in Kenya, held in Nairobi in May 2006.
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  Income poverty in 2004: a second engagement with the recent van der Berg et al figures (SDS Working Paper, No 47)

  School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2006

  Recent poverty estimates, made by acclaimed South African academics, have become accepted as truth by a government in need of some good news. This paper makes use of the Labour Force Surveys (LFS) for 2001 and 2004 to argue that the previous poverty estimates, commonly assumed to be accurate, are in fact too low.
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  Poverty and policy in post-apartheid South Africa

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006

  The end of apartheid heralded the beginning of an era free of the discrimination, inequity and injustice that had long pervaded the South African political economy. The chapters in this book examine the welfare shifts in post-apartheid society.The authors contextualise the paper by looking back to the sources of and constraints on long-term growth from as early as the 1970s.
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  Income, income inequality, and health: evidence from China

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006

  Despite its impressive growth in recent years, high levels of inequality remain a polarising factor in Chinese society. This rising inequity has had, and will continue to have, important impacts on all aspects of social life. In many cases this results in social conflicts, crime and ultimately a slowing down of economic growth.

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