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The dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others don't - an African case study (Английский)

Empirical investigations of poverty in developing countries tend to focus on the incidence of poverty at a particular point in time. If the incidence of poverty increases, however, there is no information...

Labor markets in an era of adjustment : issues papers (Английский)

This volume is one of two volumes based on a series of five conferences and the result of a large research project undertaken by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank. This volume...

The World Bank economic review 8(2) (Английский)

Measuring the restrictiveness of trade policy. The trade restrictiveness of the multi-fibre arrangement. Labor supply and targeting in poverty alleviation programs. Dual exchange rates in Europe and Latin...

The lucky few amidst economic decline : distributional change in Cote d'Ivoire as seen through panel data sets, 1985-88 (Английский)

Cote d'Ivoire's economy declined drastically in the second half of the 1980s. The incidence of poverty climbed from 30 percent in 1985 to 35 percent in 1987, and jumped to 46 percent in 1988. But how widespread...

A new regional price index for Cote d'Ivoire using data from the international comparisons project (Английский)

The authors report on an exercise in economic statistics. They develop a regional price index for Cote d'Ivoire building on the strengths of two independent data sources: the Cote d'Ivoire Living Standards...

A poverty profile for Ghana - 1987-88 : Un profil de pauvreté au Ghana, 1987 - 88 (Французский)

Intrahousehold inequality and the theory of targeting (Английский)

The two literatures on targeting and on intrahousehold inequality have developed rapidly over the past 15 years, but largely independent of each other. The literature on targeting concerns itself with...

Tax competition and tax coordination : when countries differ in size (Английский)

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model that is rich enough to capture some of the central features of the interaction between national tax systems in an integrated world but simple enough to yield...

Labor markets in an era of adjustment : an overview (Английский)

The authors have written an overview of 19 papers in a symposium devoted to an examination of the interaction between labor markets and adjustment. The purpose of their commentary is to draw general conclusions...

Optimal non-linear income taxation for the alleviation of income poverty (Английский)

There has been much discussion recently of structuring tax and transfer programs to ensure that resources go to the poor, with minimal leaks to the nonpoor. The poor have no incentive to earn income with...

A poverty profile for Ghana - 1987-88 (Английский)

The object of this paper is to establish a baseline poverty profile for Ghana using the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The profile does speak, in general terms, to current policy concerns in Ghana. It...

The principles of targeting (Английский)

In response to calls for finer targeting of spending to alleviate poverty in developing countries, this paper discusses the principles of targeting. The ideal solution is that all transfers go to the poor...