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Addressing the employment-poverty nexus in Kenya: comparing cash-transfer and job-creation programmes
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007What is the link between employment and poverty reduction in Kenya? This paper examines unemployment, underemployment, employment and labour earnings, and the relationship of all these with poverty. Based on an analysis of a Labour Force Survey, the author finds that:DocumentDisplaced distortions: financial market failures and seemingly inefficient resource allocation in low-income rural communities
Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2007Displaced distortions occur when market failures, such as limited access to credit and insurance, compel people to resolve their financing problems through seemingly inefficient resource allocation. This paper examines the distinct causes and policy implications of displaced distortions compared to those of inefficient resource allocation.DocumentResisting corporate India
Focus on the Global South, 2007It is predicted that India will be one of the economic powerhouses of the twenty-first century, with the current government focusing on the corporate sector. This collection of articles argues that progressive forces across India must unite in order to resist the current path of development focused on ‘corporate India.’DocumentRethinking economic reform in Jordan: confronting socioeconomic realities
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007This paper explores the extent of and limits to the economic reform process in Jordan since 1989. It argues that the general public is sceptical about reforms because previous efforts failed to address the major social and economic problems affecting the majority of its citizens. Likewise, reform efforts face severe resistance from elites who benefit from the status quo.DocumentFiscal policy and equity: estimation of the progressivity and redistributive capacity of taxes and social public expenditure in the Andean countries
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2007Recent studies show that Latin America is the region with the highest levels of inequality in the world.OrganisationAsian Development Bank Learning Curves
Sharing findings and recommendations improves developmental practice and the organisational performance associated with it.DocumentA poverty-focused evaluation of commodity tax options
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007This paper seeks to demonstrate how to conduct a poverty-focused evaluation of public policy. The author argues that in the case of commodity taxation, the evaluation criterion hinges on both the price elasticity of the poverty measure used and the consumption pattern for each commodity.DocumentThe impact of growth and redistribution on poverty and inequality in South Africa
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007The authors evaluate the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since democracy in 1994. They argue that while it remains contested whether there are fewer people in poverty today, there is greater consensus among analysts that inequality has increased since 1994.DocumentKey Indicators 2007: inequality in Asia
Asian Development Bank, 2007Over the last decade, high rates of economic growth have become more common in Asian countries, yet it is widely believed that inequalities have also grown in many countries. How correct is this perception, and how broadly does it apply to a region as diverse as developing Asia?DocumentCurrent macroeconomic frameworks, challenges and alternatives for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007This paper discusses policies that have inhibited the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regions.Pages