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    Wage differential between urban and rural palestine: the shadow of Palestinian- Israeli conflict

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014
    According to Oslo peace accords, signed between Israel and PLO in 1993, The West Bank has been divided into three distinct areas; A, B, and C. Area C is economically important to Palestinians.The fertility of its agricultural land and the availability of aquifers are vital to serve the basic food needs of Palestinians. Area C is also vital in terms of natural resources.
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    The Chilean system of contributory pensions as locus of rivalry and of a new social compact

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014
    In a context of rising life expectancy and the promotion of higher fertility through care policies, pension improvements must be consistent with improvements in economic productivity, with the increase in contribution densities as a result of better working careers, and the reduction of contributory evasion.
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    Even it up: time to end extreme inequality

    Oxfam, 2014
    Using new research and examples, this report shows the scale of the problem of extreme economic inequality, and reveals the multiple dangers it poses to people everywhere. It identifies the two powerful driving forces that have led to the rapid rise in inequality in so many countries: market fundamentalism and the capture of politics by elites.
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    Economic policy monitor 2010: fiscal space, investment, and poverty alleviation

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011
    This first issue of the PIDS Economic Policy Monitor focuses on three related issues: fiscal space, investment, and poverty alleviation.
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    Economic policy monitor 2012: regional economic integration and inclusive growth - engaging nations, embracing people

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    With the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, this report takes a look at the effects of the rapid pace of regional economic integration on the achievement of sustained, inclusive growth in the Philippines.
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    Understanding the extent, composition, and characteristics of the poor

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011
    The 2010 Philippine Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Report noted that the country has been posting a medium rate of progress in terms of meeting the MDG target for poverty reduction.
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    Research briefing: explaining the decline in earnings inequality in Brazil: 1995 - 2012

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    Long one of the world’s most unequal countries, Brazil has experienced a significant reduction in income inequality since macroeconomic stabilisation around 1994-1995.
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    Ageing, poverty and neoliberalism in urban South India

    New Dynamics of Ageing, 2010
    Using the example of old age poverty in the Indian city of Chennai, formerly Madras, this research situates old age poverty and inter-generational relations within a multi-level framework that ranges from global economic forces to household resource allocation, taking in government policy, public discourse and gender and age discrimination.
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    BRICS and the challenges of fighting inequality

    BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2014
    The BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa  - are protagonists in the spread of hopes throughout the globe to reduce poverty and social inequality, as well as the construction of a new world order.
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    What you need to know about the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

    2014
    Produced by the Secretariat for Social Communication (SECOM) of the Office of the Presidency of Brazil, this document offers a brief overiew of the current and expected benefits that Brazil will receive from hosting the 2014 Football World Cup.

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