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WORKING PAPERS
August 10, 2011
Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a single, multidimensional index in a meaningful
way. Is aggreg...
WORKING PAPERS
August 10, 2011
Mexico’s Progresa/Oportunidades conditional cash transfers program (CCT) is constantly used as a model of a successful antipoverty program. This paper argues that the transformation of well-trained scholars into influential practitioners played a fundamental role in promoting a new conceptual approa...
WORKING PAPERS
May 19, 2011
New research shows that inequality in Latin America is falling. In this paper, the authors summarize recent findings, analyze the affect of different regimes, and investigate the relationship between inequality and changes in the size of the middle class in the region. They conclude with some questi...
Blog Post
May 08, 2009
This is a joint post with David Goldsbrough.
As the possibility of a one trillion dollar supplement in IMF funding comes closer to fruition in the midst of alerts about the possibility of a new pandemic of influenza, some of us at CGD have been asked about the possibility of connections between I...
CGD in the News
May 04, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes CGD visiting fellow Nora Lustig on the impact of H1N1 virus on Mexico's economy.
From the article:
""First there's the economic crisis, second there's the whole insecurity situation as a result of the drug-related crime, now third you have this epidemic compoundi...