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  Globalization, poverty, inequality, and insecurity: some insights from the economics of happiness

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper looks at the relationship between globalisation, poverty and inequality by subjective well being or happiness studies, as well as the literature on the economics of happiness.The studies in Latin America and Russia examine how the dynamics of poverty and inequality affect well-being.
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  The rise or fall of world inequality: a spurious controversy?

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper explores the divergence of opinion on whether inequality in the world is rising or falling. The authors here attempt to pinpoint what drives the two extreme positions apart.
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  Income risk and welfare status of rural households in Nigeria: Ekiti state as a test case

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper examines the impact of income risk on the level of well-being of rural households in Nigeria. Income risk is defined as the risks associated with variability in income; well-being is defined in terms of the level of utility reached by a given individual. This level is a function of goods and services that the individual consumes.
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  Social groups and economic poverty: a problem in measurement

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This highly technical paper examines conflicts between claims of interpersonal and intergroup justice. This conflict is manifested in the process of seeking a real-valued index of poverty. The authors indicate how "group-sensitive" poverty measures, such as the Gender Adjusted Human Development Index and the Subramanian-Majumdar Group-Disparity Adjusted Deprivation Index, may be constructed.
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  Globalization and international inequalities: gaps and poverty in the long run

  Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, Buenos Aires, 2002

  This paper examines the historical evolution of international income inequality.
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  The impact of inequality in Latin America

  Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2004

  This paper argues that development policies in Latin America (and in other developing regions) should focus not only on eliminating poverty and deprivation but also on preventing and reducing economic, social and political inequalities.
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  Poverty studies in Peru: towards a more inclusive study of exclusion

  Economic and Social Research Council, UK, 2003

  This paper presents an overview of published literature on poverty and related concepts in Peru. Its goal is to facilitate a broader, interdisciplinary understanding of poverty, while also exploring discipline-specific and local understandings.
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  Prospects for pro-poor growth in Africa

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. The authors examine the levels and trends in income distribution in some African countries and calculate pro-poor growth indices.
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  Globalization, poverty and inequality: are the criticisms vague, vested, or valid?

  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Berkeley, 2003

  This paper argues that lasting global economic integration is not the inevitable outcome of the process of globalisation. Many alternative outcomes are possible, and many of these will be far less favourable to the poor.
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  Social exclusion of Nicaraguans in the urban metropolitan area of San Jose, Costa Rica

  2002

  This paper evaluates the extent to which social exclusion contributes to the poorer social outcomes of Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica, employing a definition of social exclusion as a lack of equal opportunityUsing national and targeted household surveys, the paper examines the extent to which Nicaraguans are excluded from participation in labour markets and access to health services, educa

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