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    Poverty and the politics of exclusion

    Moving Out of Poverty, 2006
    A background paper to the World Bank's Moving Out of Poverty study, this article examines the issues of the politics of exclusion and the political production or reproduction of poverty.The aims of the paper include:to present a general sketch of exclusionary social processes that generate inequality in assets, capabilities, and social connections among different categories of the popul
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    HIV/AIDS: the impact on poverty and inequality

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006
    The devastating impacts of the global HIV and AIDS epidemic are well documented. In Africa, the disease is compounding the pre-existing problems of chronic poverty, thereby presenting a major obstacle to development. The decline in health status and life-expectancy in many countries is enormous.
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    Globalization and the anti-globalization lobby: investigating two sides of one veracity

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2005
    This paper provides an analysis of favourable and unfavourable impacts of globalisation over global poverty and concludes that, all things considered, globalisation has not hurt the poor segments of populations. On average, the incidence of poverty in the world has declined.
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    How costly is it to achieve the Millenium Development Goal of halving poverty between 1990 and 2015?

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
    The ever-rising rate of global poverty is among the foremost concerns of international development and humanitarian organisations. With populations looking to rise well into the future, all indications show that the number of people living in poverty can be expected to continue rising.
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    The development decade?: economic and social change in South Africa, 1994-2004

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006
    For many people, the question of whether the development efforts in post-apartheid South Africa have been successful, and to what extent, remains unanswered.
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    Poverty and well-being in post-apartheid South Africa: an overview of data, outcomes and policy

    Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2005
    The introduction of democracy and de-racialised politics in the early 1990s in South Africa presented huge challenges for a nation with an extensive history of inequality, poverty, deprivation and discrimination. Have the hopes of the post-apartheid era been realised?This paper presents an overview of poverty and well-being in the first decade of post-apartheid South Africa.
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    Mexico: two decades of the evolution of education and inequality

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    The transformation from a public-sector-driven Mexican economy to a more globally integrated one has resulted in economic stability and growth. This success pales in significance when considering the enduring inequalities society faces. Such inequality appears to co-exist alongside high level of educational attainment, which are often cited as the key to a more equal society.
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    Poverty, inequality and redistribution: a methodology to define the rich

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
    In extremely unequal yet relatively rich societies, inequality reduction can be an important strategy for the eradication of poverty. Whilst a great number of studies are focused on poverty, the rich seem to go under the research radar. As the study of poverty usually depends on the use of poverty lines, it seems appropriate to use the same stratification system for the rich.
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    A new equity agenda?: reflections on the 2006 World Development Report, the 2005 Human Development Report and the 2005 Report on the World Social Situation

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    The issue of inequality in development has been debated for some time. Whilst much discourse in the 2005 development agenda focused on poverty reduction and achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), it was the issue of inequality that was most prominent in the three main development reports of that year.
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    Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition

    Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006
    One of the largest policy debates in South Africa currently revolves around the issue of whether or not poverty and inequality have been reduced since political transition from the apartheid regime to democracy.

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