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  • Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate

    by Hari Bansha Dulal, Craig Johnson, Nora Lustig, Luis F. López-Calva, Subrata Mitra, Jivanta Schöttli, Markus Pauli, Kate Bird, Kate Higgins, George Joseph0, Quentin Wodon1, Enrique Hennings2, Arup Mitra3, John Weiss4, Sergei Soares5, Dilys Roe6, Terry Sunderland7, Bryan R. Bushley8, Rishikesh R. Bhandary9, Roberto Foa0, Milo Vandemoortele1 ...
    Poverty reduction challenges in the twenty-first century are not the same as those from the previous century. The shift is due in no small part to climate change and climate-related weather disasters, such as extreme flood and drought. The magnitude and frequency of such events are only expected to increase in the coming decades, affecting more and more impoverished people across the globe.Poverty ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Coming Together?

    Mexico-U.S. Relations

    Edited by Barry P. Bosworth, Nora Claudia Lustig, Susan M. Collins ...
    The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was expected to signal the beginning of a new era of close co-operation between Mexico and the United States. Subsequent events, however, have introduced new tensions into the relationship. The 1995 economic collapse in Mexico sharply curtailed economic growth and lowered the demand for U.S. exports. The result has been a substantial ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • North American Free Trade

    Assessing the Impact

    Edited by Nora Claudia Lustig, Barry P. Bosworth, Robert Z. Lawrence ...
    The proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) represents a historic change in relations among Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The effect of the agreement on the three economies has generated controversy and some degree of alarm within each country.In this book, noted trade and development experts review the available literature on the effects of NAFTA on the three member ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Shielding the Poor

    Social Protection in the Developing World

    Edited by Nora Claudia Lustig ...
    The poor in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to adverse shocks. They have little or no access to public social insurance, are unlikely to save in adequate amounts to rely fully on self-insurance or informal insurance, face restricted access to private market insurance or credit mechanisms, and have little or no political voice to demand the protection of safety net programs. In ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • The Distributional Impact of Taxes and Transfers

    Evidence From Eight Developing Countries

    Edited by Gabriela Inchauste, Nora Lustig ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Poverty
    The World Bank has partnered with the Commitment to Equity Institute at Tulane University to implement their diagnostic tool—the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Assessment—designed to assess how taxation and public expenditures affect income inequality, poverty, and different economic groups. The approach relies on comprehensive fiscal incidence analysis, which measures the contribution of each ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Economic Development, Economic Growth and Income Distribution

    Structuralist Perspectives on Latin America and Beyond

    Edited by Amitava K. Dutt, Nora Lustig, Juan C. Moreno Brid, José A. Ocampo ...
    Adopting a structuralist approach, this informative book discusses the international obstacles to economic growth and the role of individual sectors including manufacturing and services in political economies. It also examines key issues, such as the determinants of economic growth through capital accumulation and technological change.Leading experts shed light on the importance of aggregate ... Read more

    $35.99 USD