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Luc Christiaensen and Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen If a person suddenly becomes poor, for example, due to an unexpected death or illness in the family, they will have a rather different experience and understanding of poverty than someone who has been impoverished almost their entire life. Importantly...
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– A Comparative Perspective to the Asian Giants
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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– Lessons for Developing Countries
Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Guanghua Wan China and India have become global economic powers. Even at the market exchange rate, China overtook Japan in 2010 as the second largest economy. China’s trade and financial activities, India’s emergence as a technology and innovation hub, and both countries...
China, India, Brazil, and South Africa are reshaping the world economy. These Southern Engines countries have experienced a dramatic transformation in their productive and trade capabilities, consequently turning into global super powers. The current age of globalization, in which the Southern...
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The Rise of China and India
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– A Regression-based Decomposition Approach
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Poverty and Inequality in China
– Methods and Applications
The ongoing campaign of 'western development' launched in 1999 and the recent Chinese government initiative of 'building a harmonious society' highlight the urgency and significance of analysing inequality and poverty. Prominent contributors from China and around the world explore trends of...
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Inequality and Poverty in China
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Inequality and Poverty in China
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WIDER Symposium on Analyzing the Socioeconomic Consequences of Rising Inequality in China
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by Guanghua Wan Introduction Inequality in income and consumption has been increasing dramatically in China since mid- 1980s. In particular, China’s regional inequality has attracted considerable attention. In the past 20 years or so, the costal areas have experienced phenomenal growth while the...
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– An Application to China's Township–Village Enterprises
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WIDER Symposium on Adaptive Efficiency and Evolving Diversity of Enterprise Ownership and Governance
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– Some Evidence from China's Postprivatization Rural Industry
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WIDER Symposium on Adaptive Efficiency and Evolving Diversity of Enterprise Ownership and Governance
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