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– Simulating Universal Pensions in Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa
Part of Journal Special Issue
SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing Countries
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– Electoral Outcomes of Mexico's Certification Program
Part of Journal Special Issue
Land and Property Rights
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Part of Journal Special Issue
SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing Countries
– Poverty and inequality in Ghana
Ghana has recently implemented a policy to support public secondary education. A microsimulation analysis helps reveal the impacts of the reform on poverty and inequality and identifies options to finance it without burdening poor households. A recent policy implemented to support public secondary...
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– Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Part of Journal Special Issue
Land and Property Rights
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– Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes
Part of Journal Special Issue
Land and Property Rights
– A tax-benefit microsimulation
In an attempt to reduce poverty and vulnerability in a sustainable and cost-effective way, in 2003 the Zambian Government introduced a social cash transfer (SCT) scheme. However, a recent review of Zambia’s social assistance system revealed that this scheme provided insufficient coverage to many...
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– Evidence from Indian Experience
Part of Journal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South
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– Examples from South Africa, Singapore and Bangladesh
Part of Journal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Land and Property Rights
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– Evidence from Host Communities in Rwanda
Part of Journal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Land and Property Rights
This special issue of the Journal of Development Economics originates from a UNU-WIDER research project on land inequality and decentralized governance in LDCs. The research began in late 2010 with Dilip Mookherjee and Pranab Bardhan jointly directing the project; one of the first project activities...
Journal Special Issue
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Building knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. The studies in this special section offer both new empirical insights and new frameworks for analysis, with key policy implications, that can enrich our discussion of these topics...
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– Introduction and Overview
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Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South
Building knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. Migration is a defining feature of our time and one closely linked with processes of economic and political development. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target 10.7 prioritizes...
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