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Measurement and Nature of Absolute Poverty in Least Developed Countries (2001)
Preprint / Working Paper
Karshenas, M. Measurement and Nature of Absolute Poverty in Least Developed Countries. London

This paper provides new national accounts consistent poverty estimates for low-income countries. The properties of the new estimates are compared to the existing estimates by the World Bank based on household survey means. We also use the new estim... Read More about Measurement and Nature of Absolute Poverty in Least Developed Countries.

Iran’s Experience of Population Boom and Bust (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hakimian, H. (2001, May). Iran’s Experience of Population Boom and Bust. Presented at The Economics of Health, Environment, and Welfare in the Middle East and North Africa, Byblos, Lebanon

Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millennium (2001)
Book
Fine, B. (2001). Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millennium. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203470787

The idea of Social Capital is an attempt to incorporate social considerations into mainstream economic thinking. Its proponents feel that social factors are properly quantifiable. So, they use the complex algebra and statistics beloved of mainstream... Read More about Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millennium.

History of Econometrics (2001)
Book Chapter
Morgan, M., & Qin, D. (2001). History of Econometrics. In N. J. Smelser, & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (4065-4069). Pergamon

Why is South East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea? (2001)
Book Chapter
Booth, A. (2001). Why is South East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?. In P. Lawrence, & C. Thirtle (Eds.), Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective (11-33). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403905406_2

The last decade has seen an explosion of work on the fast growing economies of East and South-East Asia, by individual scholars and by the international development institutions. Influential books by Amsden (1989) and Wade (1990), as well as the work... Read More about Why is South East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?.