'The interest of the international development community in ‘Pro-Poor Growth’ appears to have waned.1 This Development
Viewpoint examines the pros and cons of adopting its most popular replacement, ‘inclusive growth’.
A ‘pro-poor’ approach did have the advantage of focus: concentrating on the most deprived. Judging progress involved attaching greater weight to the advance of the poor (e.g., “the
incomes of the poor grew faster than those of the non-poor”).
But what about the more...
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Published by the German Bishops' Conference Research Group on the Universal Tasks of the Church:
The extent of the poverty in many developing and transformation countries does not reduce the need of people who are unemployed in the industrialised countries, for instance here in Germany, who only find precarious employment, or who must survive as poor people in a rich country. One thing should however not be set off against the other. At the same time, there is a narrowing of the viewpoint in more...
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Four new LIRNE studies provide feedback to regulators across different categories of information provision. These regional assessments of national telecom regulatory authority websites in Latin America, the Caribbean and North America, Asia and Africa, seek to illuminate best practices for using NRA websites as vehicles to provide information about the sector to the full range of stakeholders. National regulatory authorities have a key role to play as information society drivers and facilitators more...
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Tourism has eclipsed traditional industries and livelihood options in many parts of the world and has emerged as the most important industry in several countries. However, studies that seek to understand its impacts on economy, environment, and culture are constrained by methodological and theoretical limitations. One of the reasons for the ambiguities and inadequacies in the area of tourism research has been its inability to properly appreciate the importance of the ethical dimensions of human more...
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In this Technical Paper, the author argues that fiscal policy is more effective than monetary policy, whether the exchange rate is fixed or flexible.
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According to the authors, growth in The Gambia has not been pro-poor. Weak productivity and the low quality of employment explain why. They recommend policies to increase the supply of credit to the economy, particularly to employment-intensive sectors.
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Job title: Marketing Programme Coordinator
Location: CTA, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Employment: Full-time and long-term international position; possibility to start under a consultancy contract
Area: Agricultural science and development
Education: University degree in Marketing, Communication, Economics/Business or related discipline plus further professional training to Strategic Management, Public Relations and/or Advertising
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