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For instance, the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global—a benchmark bond index for emerging-market bonds—doesn't include South Korea and Taiwan because they are characterized as high-income economies by the World Bank.

MSCI Keeps 'Emerging' Label on South Korea, Taiwan Anjali Cordeiro 2011

Sure, this time is different, because the taxes directly affect only businesses and high-income folks, but still -- it's hard to see a tax increase winning an election at that time of year.

Jack Bog's Blog: July 2009 Archives 2009

Out of the 1,000, 570 lived in sub-Saharan Africa, 300 in South Asia and five in high-income countries.

Jonathan Lewis: The Surprisingly High Rate of Maternal Deaths in America Jonathan Lewis 2011

Suppose that half the people are tall, and half the people are short, and that tall people have a 5.5 percent chance of being high-income and short people have a 4.5 percent chance of being high-income.

Mankiw Defends his Tall Tale, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Out of the 1,000, 570 lived in sub-Saharan Africa, 300 in South Asia and five in high-income countries.

Jonathan Lewis: The Surprisingly High Rate of Maternal Deaths in America Jonathan Lewis 2011

The BBC asks the question, "Why Do We Need Growth?" economic growth may be a necessary condition for the relief of poverty and can be desirable for middle - and high-income people too, it is not enough on its own.

Why Do We Need the BBC? 2009

"Obama could argue that he was providing a new, if temporary, benefit tilted toward high-income households, while encouraging them to spend the money in socially productive ways," she wrote.

A New Big Idea: Create Jobs And Reduce Poverty By Doubling The Charitable Deduction Dan Froomkin 2011

Xavier Baraton , global chief investment officer of fixed income for HSBC Asset Management is adding emerging-market local currency bonds to his firm's global high-income bond mutual fund 2011.

Hot Money Roils Growth Currencies Alex Frangos 2011

As for the evidence of people working (relatively?) hard even if they do pay high taxes: Germany has a current tax rate of 45% for the very high-income earners, average is about 34% I think, and that's just income tax.

A case of misplaced indignation 2009

I would dispute the idea that higher taxes on high-income Americans is “stupid” but I agree with the general spirit of the column that a broader tax base is desirable.

Matthew Yglesias » Is VAT an Idea Whose Time Has Passed? 2010