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Income, Mortality And Literacy Distribution Dynamics Across States In Mexico: 1940-2000, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Structural Break In India's Growth, Ambrish A. Dongre, Neeraj Hatekar

Ambrish A Dongre

How significant was the shift in the economic growth performance that occurred in the 1950s, relative to the shift that is supposed to have occurred in the 1980s? If one were to identify the single most significant break date in India’s growth performance, does it turn out to be 1951-52 or 1980-81 or some such year in the post 1980s? The hypothesis in this paper is that the single most important trend break in GDP growth is to be found not in the 1980s, as the existing literature claims, but in the early 1950s. This is not because the performance …

On Measuring The Efficiency Of The Social Security System Reforms. The Case Of Poland, Joanna Tyrowicz, Piotr Mularczyk

Joanna Tyrowicz

As other European countries, transition economies face the reform of the social security system. As one of the first, Poland has introduced a pension reform in 1999, which changed a standard pay-as-you-go system into a one constructed of three pillars and based on addressed contributions. The five years from the reform allow to take a first look at the reform, both in terms of assessing the legal implementation as well as the realization of main assumptions and aims. In this paper we consider the effectiveness of the reform. We find that in many aspects this reform should not be considered …

Model Polityki Rozwoju Regionalnego A Konkurencyjność Województw Na Przykładzie Województwa Małopolskiego, Dariusz Woźniak

Dariusz Woźniak

An abstract of unpublished (avalaible only in printed form) ph.d. thesis, which was directed to evaluation of regional policy in Poland, in years 2001-2003. In abstract the main findings from the dissertation were placed.

Engagement With The Land: Redemption Of The Rural Residence Fantasy?, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

Poverty And Malnutrition In India (Marathi), Ambrish A. Dongre

Ambrish A Dongre

This article discusses how poverty is measured in India, evolution of poverty in India in the 1990s and problems associated with interpreting poverty numbers in the 55th round of NSS and comparing them with previous numbers.

Economic Growth, Saving And Investment, Safdar Khan

Safdar Khan

Extract:
Despite an evident slowdown in major economies around the global amidst a sustained rise in international oil prices, the domestic economy surpassed its growth target by a wide margin for the third consecutive year, witnessing a growth rate of 8.4 percent in FY05, the highest during the last two decades (see Figure 2.1 & 2.2).

El Índice De Desarrollo Humano Y Su Aplicación A Las Entidades Federativas En México, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Un World Summits And Civil Society. The State Of Art, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

No abstract provided.

Innovation And Employment, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

The relationship between innovation and employment is a complex one and has long been a topical issue in economic theory. Moving from the classical question ‘‘does technology create or destroy jobs?’’ recent research has investigated the impact of different types of innovation and the structural and institutional factors affecting the quantity of employment change. Quality aspects have received increasing attention, with questions of ‘‘what type of jobs are created or destroyed by innovation?’’ This line of research has asked, ‘‘how does the composition of skills change’’ and ‘‘how does the wage structure change,’’ leading to a large literature on skill …