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  • 1
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    Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Opportunity (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (34 p)
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Parallel Title: Narayan, Ambar Shared Prosperity
    Abstract: Focusing on the welfare of the less well off as a measure of real societal progress is the fundamental principle underlying the WBG indicator of "shared prosperity", namely income growth of the bottom 40 percent in every country. This paper uses a database assembled by the World Bank Group to investigate some basic characteristics of shared prosperity, particularly its relationship with overall economic growth and inequality. Initial estimates using this dataset of 79 countries show that median income growth of the bottom 40 percent (circa 2005-2010) was 4.2 percent, a high number in comparison to the 3.1 percent per capita income growth of the overall population. In addition, the low and lower-middle income countries appear to be trailing the upper middle and high income countries in boosting shared prosperity. Establishing conceptual links between income growth of the bottom 40 percent, the overall growth rate and reviewing existing evidence on how these relate to inequality, the paper discusses two main ideas. First, shared prosperity is strongly correlated with overall prosperity implying that the whole host of policies that are important to generate and sustain growth remain relevant. Second, boosting shared prosperity will also require a concerted effort to strengthen the social contract, particularly in the area of promoting equality of opportunity. Growing evidence suggests that improving access for all and reducing inequality of opportunities-particularly those related to human capital development of children-are not only about "fairness" and building a "just society", but also about realizing a society's aspirations of economic prosperity
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6649
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  • 2
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    Looking Back on Two Decades of Poverty and Well-Being in India (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (31 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Narayan, Ambar Looking Back on Two Decades of Poverty and Well-Being in India
    Abstract: This paper provides an overview of poverty and well-being trends in India since the mid-1990s. Poverty reduction since 2005 has been much faster than the earlier decade, as a result of broad-based growth across most geographic areas. Underlying this is a pattern of high mobility in economic status that has led to an emerging middle class. Still, a vast (and rising) share of the population faces significant risk of slipping back into poverty. India's poor are increasingly concentrated in low-income states with historically lower rates of economic progress. Even as India has reduced poverty faster than the developing world as a whole, the degree of poverty reduction associated with growth has been substantially lower than in some of its middle-income peers. India faces important challenges in nonmonetary dimensions of welfare as well. Despite success on important fronts, such as infant and child mortality and secondary education, progress has been slow in others, such as sanitation and nutrition, and lags behind some other countries that are at a similar stage of development
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7626
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  • 3
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    Do African children have an equal chance? : a human opportunity report for sub-Saharan Africa ; draft (2014)
    [Washington, D.C.] : Poverty Reduction & Equity, PREM Network and Africa PREM, The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464803321 , 9781464803345
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Directions in Development
    DDC: 305.230967
    Keywords: Children Health and hygiene ; Children Economic conditions ; Children Social conditions
    Note: "March 2013 , IntroductionMeasuring inequality of opportunities: the human opportunity indexOpportunities for children in Africa--recent evidenceProgress toward opportunities for allUnpacking inequality: how do circumstances matter for opportunities?Comparing opportunities--across countries and regions
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0332-1
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    Assessing Poverty and Distributional Impacts of the Global Crisis in the Philippines : A Microsimulation Approach (2010)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (35 p)
    Edition: 2010 World Bank eLibrary
    Parallel Title: Habib, Bilal Assessing Poverty and Distributional Impacts of the Global Crisis in the Philippines
    Abstract: As the financial crisis has spread through the world, the lack of real-time data has made it difficult to track its impact in developing countries. This paper uses a micro-simulation approach to assess the poverty and distributional effects of the crisis in the Philippines. The authors find increases in both the level and the depth of aggregate poverty. Income shocks are relatively large in the middle part of the income distribution. They also find that characteristics of people who become poor because of the crisis are different from those of both chronically poor people and the general population. The findings can be useful for policy makers wishing to identify leading monitoring indicators to track the impact of macroeconomic shocks and to design policies that protect vulnerable groups
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5286
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    To What Extent Are Bangladesh's Recent Gains in Poverty Reduction Different From the Past? (2010)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (35 p)
    Edition: 2010 World Bank eLibrary
    Parallel Title: Kotikula, Aphichoke To What Extent Are Bangladesh's Recent Gains in Poverty Reduction Different From the Past?
    Abstract: The poor in Bangladesh are more likely to belong to households with a larger number of dependents and lower education among household members, be engaged in daily wage labor, own little land, and be less likely to receive remittances. This poverty profile for 2005 is similar to the profile in the mid-1980s and hence at first glance it would appear that little has changed over time. A closer look at national household survey data suggests a more nuanced story. This paper uses the latest two rounds of the Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey to decompose the micro-determinants of poverty reduction between 2000 and 2005, closely following a similar analysis using five earlier rounds of the Survey. The comparison of results shows that the spatial distribution of poverty seen in earlier decades has changed with time and the drivers of poverty reduction are different in several respects
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5199
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    Electoral Accountability and Local Government Spending in Indonesia (2014)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (44 p)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Parallel Title: Skoufias, Emmanuel Electoral Accountability and Local Government Spending in Indonesia
    Abstract: This paper takes advantage of the exogenous phasing of direct elections in districts and applies the double-difference estimator to measure impacts on (i) human development outcomes and (ii) the pattern of public spending and revenue generation at the district level. The analysis reveals that four years after the switch to direct elections, there have been no significant effects on human development outcomes. However, the estimates of the impact of Pilkada on health expenditures at the district level suggest that directly elected district officials may have become more responsive to local needs at least in the area of health. The composition of district expenditures changes considerably during the year and sometimes the year before the elections, shifting toward expenditure categories that allow incumbent district heads running as candidates in the direct elections to "buy" voter support. Electoral reforms did not lead to higher revenue generation from own sources and had no effect on the budget surplus of districts with directly elected heads
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6782
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  • 7
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    Does Access to Information Empower the Poor? : Evidence from the Dominican Republic (2014)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (49 p)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Parallel Title: Skoufias, Emmanuel Does Access to Information Empower the Poor?
    Abstract: This paper summarizes the results of the impact evaluation of the Access to Information pilot project on empowerment of citizens in poor municipalities in the Dominican Republic. Among the dimensions of empowerment investigated are civic knowledge, awareness and use of the right to information, perceptions of and trust in public services and institutions, civic participation, and measures of local governance. Data were collected in two rounds: a baseline round at the end of 2010 and a follow-up round in mid-2012. No impact is found on awareness and the use of information under the specific Access to Information rules. However, it is observed that individuals address more general complaints to governments as a result of the Access to Information program regardless of whether these are classified under the ATI law or not. Some positive and statistically significant impacts are found on local government responsiveness, prioritization and decisions about the municipal budget, and trust in and satisfaction with some local government services
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6895
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  • 8
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    How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? Estimates from Panel Data (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (20 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tiwari, Sailesh How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? Estimates from Panel Data
    Abstract: Gender
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7291
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    Knowing, when you don't know : using microsimulation models to assess the poverty and distributional impacts of macroeconomic shocks (2011)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821389546 , 9780821389812
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2011 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 339.4/6015195
    Keywords: Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 ; Income distribution Mathematical models ; Poverty Mathematical models ; Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 ; Income distribution Mathematical models ; Poverty Mathematical models ; Global Financial Crisis ; Income distribution ; Poverty
    Description / Table of Contents: AcknowledgementForeword -- Assessing the poverty and distributional impacts of the financial crisis with microsimulations : an overview of country studies / Bilal Habib, Ambar Narayan, Sergio Olivieri and Carolina Sanchez-Paramo -- On economy-wide shocks, models, and politics / Michael Walton -- The distributional consequences of the economic and financial crisis of 2008-09 : a comment / Danny Leipziger -- Stress testing for the poverty impacts of the next crisis / Ravi Kanbur.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8981-2
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  • 10
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    Assessing Ex Ante the Poverty and Distributional Impact of the Global Crisis in A Developing Country : A Micro-Simulation Approach With Application To Bangladesh (2010)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (45 p)
    Edition: 2010 World Bank eLibrary
    Parallel Title: Habib, Bilal Assessing Ex Ante the Poverty and Distributional Impact of the Global Crisis in A Developing Country
    Abstract: Measuring the poverty and distributional impact of the global crisis for developing countries is not easy, given the multiple channels of impact and the limited availability of real-time data. Commonly-used approaches are of limited use in addressing questions like who are being affected by the crisis and by how much, and who are vulnerable to falling into poverty if the crisis deepens? This paper develops a simple micro-simulation method, modifying models from existing economic literature, to measure the poverty and distributional impact of macroeconomic shocks by linking macro projections with pre-crisis household data. The approach is then applied to Bangladesh to assess the potential impact of the slowdown on poverty and income distribution across different groups and regions. A validation exercise using past data from Bangladesh finds that the model generates projections that compare well with actual estimates from household data. The results can inform the design of crisis monitoring tools and policies in Bangladesh, and also illustrate the kind of analysis that is possible in other developing countries with similar data availability
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5238
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