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  Why labour market regulation may pay off: worker motivation, co-ordination and productivity growth

  International Labour Organization, 2007

  This paper argues that aggregate labour productivity growth is higher in economies having a “rigid” (i.e. more regulated and co-ordinated) labour market than in economies with flexible labour markets. The authors find that these characteristics tend to vary together, making it possible to distinguish three types of labour relations systems:
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  Growth strategies and conditions for pro-poor growth: Uganda’s experience

  Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the broad economic strategies Uganda has implemented since independence in 1962. The authors conclude that the Ugandan experience demonstrates the vital importance of macroeconomic stability in promoting investments, factor productivity, domestic revenue and exports.
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  Global Information on MicroInsurance

  GIMI, Internet platform of the STEP programme (Strategies and Tools against social Exclusion and Poverty) of the International Labour Office (ILO) bringing together actors from around the world, aimin
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  Budget support to Ghana: a risk worth taking?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2007

  This policy brief presents a case study of general budget support (GBS) in Ghana. It is argued that, by providing aid as budget support, donors have taken risks and made important contributions to poverty alleviation and governance.
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  The contribution of microfinance institutions to poverty reduction in Tanzania

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2006

  Microfinance can be a critical element of an effective poverty reduction strategy especially for developing countries. This paper examined the extent to which Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) contribute to poverty reduction in Tanzania.
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  The decline in public spending to agriculture: does it matter?

  Oxford Policy Management, 2007

  Public spending on agriculture is now recognised to be an important means of promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty in rural areas. However, this paper reveals that agricultural spending is not being prioritised within current budgets and, in many cases, is actually falling.
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  Reducing inequality and poverty during liberalisation in China: rural and agricultural experiences and policy options

  Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2007

  This paper analyses factors limiting the gains from core liberalisation (CL) for poor people and regions in China, and provides policy recommendations including:
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  The impact of relative prices on welfare and inequality in Brazil 1995-2005

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This paper analyses the impact of relative prices on the evolution of welfare and inequality in Brazil from 1995 to 2005. The authors argue that:
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  Conditional cash transfers in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico: impacts on inequality

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This working paper examines whether Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes have had an inequality reducing effect in three Latin American countries: Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
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  Conceptualising economic marginalisation

  Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2007

  This paper argues that economic marginalisation can be conceptualised as an outcome or process. When defined as an outcome, it can be a static description or a dynamic characterisation of how things are moving. The author argues that as a process or structure, two important dimensions are integration into market structures, and integration into state structures.

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