http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:51:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-501 kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » How to count the poor (and make them better off) Sun, 20 May 2007 17:58:05 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/#comment-501 [...] Bonnie Boyd has posted an excellent overview of the debate around income inequality in Central Asia (part one; part two). Her first post lists a couple basic tenets to the debate, mostly drawing from a recent Brookings-organised study. How can globalisation benefit the poor in Central Asia? The problem, first off, is to define who’s poor in Central Asia. [...] [...] Bonnie Boyd has posted an excellent overview of the debate around income inequality in Central Asia (part one; part two). Her first post lists a couple basic tenets to the debate, mostly drawing from a recent Brookings-organised study. How can globalisation benefit the poor in Central Asia? The problem, first off, is to define who’s poor in Central Asia. [...]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-491 A Second Hand Conjecture » News Brief, Worry Wort Edition Fri, 18 May 2007 21:56:02 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/#comment-491 [...] Ms. Bonnie has been on fire this week, tackling the issue of poverty and income inequality with gusto. See here, here, and just today, here. If you enjoy reading of Central Asia, you should add her site to your reader. I want to address these in greater depth, assuming I develop both the time and inclination (I might be sleeping). [...] [...] Ms. Bonnie has been on fire this week, tackling the issue of poverty and income inequality with gusto. See here, here, and just today, here. If you enjoy reading of Central Asia, you should add her site to your reader. I want to address these in greater depth, assuming I develop both the time and inclination (I might be sleeping). [...]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-490 The Conjecturer » News Brief, Worry Wort Edition Fri, 18 May 2007 21:52:50 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/#comment-490 [...] Ms. Bonnie has been on fire this week, tackling the issue of poverty and income inequality with gusto. See here, here, and just today, here. If you enjoy reading of Central Asia, you should add her site to your reader. I want to address these in greater depth, assuming I develop both the time and inclination (I might be sleeping). [...] [...] Ms. Bonnie has been on fire this week, tackling the issue of poverty and income inequality with gusto. See here, here, and just today, here. If you enjoy reading of Central Asia, you should add her site to your reader. I want to address these in greater depth, assuming I develop both the time and inclination (I might be sleeping). [...]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Tajikistan: 64% poverty, and portents for more Fri, 18 May 2007 12:36:01 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/#comment-488 [...] Prelude to disaster This article puts a human face on a more analytical article at IRIN about child poverty in Tajikistan.  At a recent presentation I attended, UNU, Brookings, and World Bank presenters talked about “lost human capital”, in other words, irreversible loss of opportunity associated with choices of this kind.  When children drop out of school to make ends meet, they not only lose the chance of education for the present, but find that the chance to re-enter school is also gone.  They become part of the pool of unskilled labor for the rest of their lives, which is the pool of labor that generally fails to benefit from new economic opportunities.  Without intervention, this family is destined to remain poor. [...] [...] Prelude to disaster This article puts a human face on a more analytical article at IRIN about child poverty in Tajikistan.  At a recent presentation I attended, UNU, Brookings, and World Bank presenters talked about “lost human capital”, in other words, irreversible loss of opportunity associated with choices of this kind.  When children drop out of school to make ends meet, they not only lose the chance of education for the present, but find that the chance to re-enter school is also gone.  They become part of the pool of unskilled labor for the rest of their lives, which is the pool of labor that generally fails to benefit from new economic opportunities.  Without intervention, this family is destined to remain poor. [...]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Global Voices Online » Central Asia: Cutting Income Inequality Fri, 18 May 2007 04:03:37 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-1/#comment-486 [...] Bonnie Boyd has an in-depth, two-part post on reducing income inequality in Central Asia: part one; part two. Share This [...] [...] Bonnie Boyd has an in-depth, two-part post on reducing income inequality in Central Asia: part one; part two. Share This [...]

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