Inequality in the Southern Mediterranean: A survey of selected countries. MEDPRO Technical Report No. 23/December 2012

This paper addresses the issues of current levels of inequality: their trends, determinants and future scenarios, demonstrating that welfare levels are measured by per capita consumption. Location, educational attainment and employment status have been identified as the key factors affecting levels of welfare and its distribution. A benefit incidence analysis was performed to investigate benefits of different deciles of per capita expenditure from education and health services. The inequality patterns in countries under investigation present significant variations; countries such as Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia show relatively high inequality while others, such as Egypt or Syria, show moderate to low inequality. Inequality in human development was addressed using the inequality-adjusted human development index (IHDI), introduced by Global HDR 2010. The average loss in the HDI due to inequality in all Arab countries under investigation is about 20%. Two reference scenarios (optimistic and pessimistic) were used to project future paths up to 2020 and 2030. The impact of positive growth is increasing inequality and a shrinking middle class. Results show that the rich benefit most from this growth path. The opposite trend is observed for the pessimistic scenario.

Is Vietnam the Right Choice for Foreign Investment?: The Case of the European Union’s Slipping Opportunity. ACES Working Papers, 2012

This analysis is broken into three interdependent sections: First, an analysis of the restrictions placed on foreign direct investment in Vietnam captures the current freedoms and inhibitors of investment in Vietnam. Foreign direct investment is defined by the UN as an investment made to acquire a lasting interest in or effective control over an enterprise operating outside of the economy of the investor. Second, a cursory look at the macroeconomic risks, to which investment dollars are susceptible, will paint a realistic portrait of return of foreign investment. Finally, this paper will examine the current, and historical, trade relationship between Vietnam and the European Union, in order to convey that the opportunity for investment in Vietnam remains to be an opportunity for Europe’s developed economies.

The Effects of Ultra-Loose Monetary Policies on Inequality. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue 2015/09, June 2015

Highlights • Low interest rates, asset purchases and other accommodative monetary policy measures tend to increase asset prices and thereby benefit the wealthier segments of society, at least in the short-term, given that asset holdings are mainly concentrated among richest households. • Such policies also support employment, economic activity, incomes and inflation, which can benefit the poor and middle-class, which have incomes more dependent on employment and which tend to spend a large share of their income on debt service. • Monetary policy should focus on its mandate, while fiscal and social policies should address widening inequalities by revising the national social redistribution systems for improved efficiency, intergenerational equity and fair burden sharing between the wealthy and poor.

Actas de la primera conferencia de la Office of Economic Opportunity sobre Programas Contra la Pobreza para Trabajadores Migratorios y Trabajadores de Periodos Temporales Durante el año Agrícola efectuadas el 18 al 20 de enero de 1966 en Washington, D. C.

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Proceedings of the first Office of Economic Opportunity Conference on Antipoverty Programs for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers, January 18-20, 1966, United States Department of State, Washington, D. C. ...

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Equal educational opportunity for Puerto Rican children : hearings before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the United States Senate, Ninety-first Congress, second session, on equal educational opportunity, Washington, D.C., November 23, 24, and 25, 1970.

Reprint of the 1970 ed. published by the U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, which was issued as pt. 8 of Equal educational opportunity.

The challenge ahead : equal opportunity in referral unions : a report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

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A paper commitment : equal employment opportunity in the Kentucky Bureau of State Police.

July 1978.

Motor vehicle safety: comprehensive state programs offer best opportunity for increasing use of safety belts.

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Economic opportunity act. Hearing before the Special Hearing Subcommittee No. 1 and Special Hearing Subcommittee No. 2 of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, second session, on oversight into administration of the Economic opportunity act of 1964 and consideration of H.R. 40, H.R. 6360, H.R. 6394, and H.R. 8163.

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Equal educational opportunity in Michigan : hearings before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, first session, on equal educational opportunity : Washington, D. C., Sept. 29; Oct. 1; Nov. 3, 4, 1971.

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Civil service reform oversight--1980 : equal employment opportunity : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Civil Service of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, June 10, 1980.

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The second opportunity of Mr. Staplehurst,

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Opportunity and challenge : the story of BLM /

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Diversification : an opportunity for the New England textile industry, a report to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Massachusetts Department of Commerce, the Rhode Island Development Council, the Business Development Company of Rhode Island /

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