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Journal Article
– Findings from Case Studies
Part of Journal Special Issue
Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
Journal Article
– Argentina from 1996 to 2003
Part of Journal Special Issue
Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
Journal Article
– The Recent Brazilian Experience
Part of Journal Special Issue
Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
Journal Article
Part of Journal Special Issue
Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
Globalization offers new opportunities for accelerating development and poverty reduction, but also poses new challenges for policymakers. And there is much concern about the distribution of benefits; in particular whether the poor gain from globalization, and under what circumstances it may...
This volume presents thirteen studies selected from the three regional conferences organized under the auspices of UNU-WIDER. They illustrate the differential effects of globalization on growth, inequality, and poverty in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Distinct processes of institutional and socio...
Policy Brief
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Despite the enormous potential of globalization in accelerating economic growth through greater integration into the world economy the impact of globalization on poverty reduction has been uneven. Asia has been the major beneficiary of globalization where high growth rates and its labor-intensive...
Book Chapter
– A Macroeconomic Perspective
Working Paper
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– The Recent Brazilian Experience
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of a...
Working Paper
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This paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty and inequality, and by their distributional...
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