Francois Bourguignon
Francois Bourguignon
François Bourguignonis the former Chief Economistof the World Bank. He has been the Director of the Paris School of Economics, and from 1985 to his retirement in 2013 a professor of economics at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris...
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After many years, the continent is showing growth that could deliver much more poverty reduction than in the recent past.
income
Remittances are hard-earned income that, in most cases, has already been taxed,
brazil conditions create grown growth past urgent
In the past decade, Brazil has not grown very fast. It's urgent to create conditions for growth to accelerate.
countries developing prepare themselves
Developing countries need to prepare themselves for adjustments, some of which could be sudden.
book countries flipping millions stories
Flipping through the book there are millions of stories on what is going on in countries and regions.
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Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress.