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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food, Food and agriculture markets, Globalisation, Labour and employment, Poverty

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    Globalisation, labour markets and inequality in India

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    Analysing unit-level data on poverty, inequality and employment in post-reform India, this book finds that:
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    Sectoral trends [in employment, working conditions and workplace relationships]: a survey

    International Labour Organization, 2003
    The objective of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of major issues in sectoral and intersectoral trends in employment, working conditions and workplace relationships, as well as basic workers’ rights.The survey includes three main themes: the sectoral distribution of economic activity and how these trends are affecting the organization of work.
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    Agricultural and rural development policy in Latin America: new directions and new challenges (de Janvry / Sadoulet / Key)

    Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Berkeley, 1999
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    The Poor and their Money: what have we learned?

    Overseas Development Institute, 1999
    Money markets ought to allocate finance where it is most needed, and thus contribute to greater productivity, employment and the reduction of poverty. Yet in practice they have not performed this function at all well. Vast segments of the population are still unserved, inappropriate financial services are offered and inflexible contracts are extended.
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    Liberalization, Globalization and Income Distribution

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 1999
    Recent mainstream analyses of changes in income distribution over the post World War II period have concluded that income inequality within countries tends to be stable, that there is no strong association between growth and inequality and that, therefore, poverty is best reduced through growth-oriented, rather than distributive, policies.This paper challenges this view.