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    Azerbaijan's household survey data: explaining why inequality is so low

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    Azerbaijan has enjoyed one of the highest rates of economic growth among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since the late 1990s. Macroeconomic stability, rises in oil income and sound financial management have all contributed to the improved economic performance. The impact of numerous positive economic developments on wealth distribution and poverty remains largely unclear, however.
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    Employment status, security and the management of risk: a study of workers in Kwamsane, KwaZulu-Natal

    School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2006
    The changing nature of employment and labour patterns, on domestic and global scales, translates into rising economic and social insecurity for a great number of people. No more so, perhaps, than in the case of South Africa, given its long history of divisive employment and economic policies.
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    Social movements and the politicization of chronic poverty policy

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
    In a rapidly globalising and turbulent world, the persistence of chronic poverty is one thing humankind can count on. Social, political, environmental and economic conditions all play a role in the perpetuation of global poverty. It is in this sense that chronic poverty must be seen as more than a simple lack of assets.
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    Local inequality and project choice: theory and evidence from Ecuador

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    Should resource allocation decisions of anti-poverty programmes be taken at the local level, or should they remain centralised?
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    Impact assessment of CFPR/TUP: a descriptive analysis based on 2002-2005 panel data

    Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006
    The Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction - Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/ TUP) programme was launched in 2002 with the vision of enhancing the sustainable economic and social capabilities of ultra poor households in Bangladesh.
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    From access to income: regional and ethnic inequality in Indonesia

    SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2006
    This study is an investigation of regional and ethnic inequality in Indonesia.
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    Shifts in non-income welfare in South Africa: 1993-2004

    Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006
    The advent of 10 years of democratic rule in South Africa, together with the publication of recent survey sets, has sparked an interest amongst economists and development researchers. The emphasis of recent studies has been on changes in income poverty and inequality over a period of time within the 10 years of democracy.
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    Poverty dynamics, violent conflict and convergence in Rwanda

    Households in Conflict Network, 2006
    Civil war and genocide in 1990s Rwanda saw not only millions of lives lost, but a population left behind to establish a livelihood when facing serious obstacles.
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    Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours

    Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005
    In this paper the authors document and analyse the evolution of GDP per capita in the Northeast and in other regions of Brazil. They use measures of GDP per capita at the municipality level computed in 1970 and 1996.
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    State of the world's cities 2006/7

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2006
    It is generally assumed that people living in the urban areas of developing countries are healthier, more literate and better off than their rural counterparts.

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