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Rising inequality in the new global economy
Nancy BirdsallThe world is not ‘flat’. Globalization is disequalizing, rewarding the already rich while leaving the poor behind, making rising inequality more, not less likely. There are three…
The impact of ethnic diversity on growth: the regional differences
Benhua YangUsing a sample of 86 countries over the 1960–1999 period, this paper investigates the differential growth effects of ethnic division across cultural regions. While the evidence…
Criteria for assessing sustainable energy technology for rural Bangladesh
Ershad AliThis paper examines, based on certain criteria, the most feasible sustainable energy technology (SET) for rural Bangladesh. The criteria used for the appropriateness of SET for…
Debt bondage in the brokerage system: a case study of sugarcane migrants in Tamil Nadu
Augendra BhukuthIn this paper, we deal with one form of bonded labour generating under the brokerage system. We have led a qualitative survey in a small village of South India to study the…
Information technology and mass poverty
Jeffrey JamesIf information technology (IT) is to have a mass impact on those living in rural areas of developing countries, it cannot occur on the basis of ownership (as it does in rich…
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1446-8956e-ISSN:
1758-8553ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dilip Dutta