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Timor-Leste human development report 2006: the path out of poverty
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2006Since independence in 2002, the people of Timor-Leste have made impressive gains - particularly in social and political development. Similar economic achievements have yet to be met. This report assesses Timor-Leste's human development progress in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).DocumentThe post-apartheid labour market: 1995 - 2004
Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006Has the optimism of the 1990's post-apartheid era been undermined by the harsh realities of persistent poverty? The performance of the South African labour market holds the key, in many ways, to the success of government strategies aimed at raising incomes and reducing poverty and inequality.DocumentIndigenous and tribal peoples: an ethnic audit of selected poverty reduction strategy papers
International Labour Organization, 2005Indigenous and tribal peoples represent about 5 per cent of the world's population, but over 15 per cent of the world's poor. The incidence of extreme poverty is higher among them than among other social groups and they generally benefit much less than others from overall declines in poverty.DocumentA normal relationship?: poverty, growth, and inequality
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006Poverty reduction has, in recent years, been the foremost goal of development policy worldwide, and a rapidly expanding literature has sought to clarify whether poverty changes are driven mainly by growth in aggregate income or by growth in the relative incomes of the poor.DocumentPoverty reduction and growth: virtuous and vicious circles
Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2006Development in Latin America, over the past few decades, has been characterised by lagging growth and persistent poverty and inequality.DocumentGetting real about inequality: evidence from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006Differences in spending patterns across households, together with differences in the evolution of prices across goods, imply that different households face different inflation rates.DocumentMeasuring the impact of prices on inequality: with applications to Thailand and Korea
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006The cost of living index has been developed to give a precise meaning to price indices that are widely computed to make cost of living comparisons. To take into account the effect of price changes on income inequality, social cost of living indices are needed which are relevant for many individuals in the society.DocumentApproaches to globalization and inequality within the international system
United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005Domestic inequality within countries has been growing for the last few decades. Rising income disparities, in addition to contributing to social and political tensions, mean that higher economic growth rates are necessary to reduce poverty. There is also growing evidence that lower inequality leads to better growth performance.DocumentCan a relation be found between inequality and growth?
Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2002Economics has long been looking at the link between distribution and production. This paper takes a look at a number of stylised facts put forward by the theoretical literature on income inequality.DocumentTrends in poverty and inequality since the political transition
Bureau for Economic Research, South Africa, 2005One of the largest policy debates in South Africa focuses on whether or not poverty and inequality have been reduced since political transition in 1994. Much of the research conducted on household survey data has shown increasing levels of poverty and inequality in the second half of the 1990s.Pages