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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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  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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  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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  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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  A normal relationship?: poverty, growth, and inequality

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006

  Poverty 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.
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  Getting real about inequality: evidence from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006

  Differences in spending patterns across households, together with differences in the evolution of prices across goods, imply that different households face different inflation rates.
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  Measuring the impact of prices on inequality: with applications to Thailand and Korea

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  The 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.
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  Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition

  Bureau for Economic Research, South Africa, 2005

  One 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.
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  Roars and whispers: gender and poverty: promises vs. action

  Social Watch, 2005

  This annual Social Watch report monitors the progress of the MDGs and poverty reduction using a gendered approach. Divided into three areas it covers: themed discussions, monitoring progress, and national reports from over 50 countries.The study shows that the international community has largely failed to live up to the commitments it adopted in 2000.
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  Poverty and human rights

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2005

  The first millenium development goal - to halve global poverty by 2015 - has become an unlikely prospect. If poverty is to be significantly reduced, its terms of definition, measurement, explanation and resolution need to be re-examined and reformulated. The new human rights instruments need to play a vital role in this process.

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