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due to changes in growth, inequality and poverty triangle in Pakistan over the period 1980 – 2011 by using multivariate … growth & carbon emissions and economic growth & poverty while there is a positive relationship between i) economic growth … & income inequality; and ii) poverty & income inequality. On the long-run, there is a significant positive relationship between …
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Inequality is a burning issue in our society but plays only a limited rule in the design of regulations. This article rejects arguments in favor of this neglect and forges a vision for moving forward. It argues in favor of features of the existing system that promote inequality: the...
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growth will be dampened by the negative effects of income inequality and poverty on energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa … (Atkinson coefficient, Gini index and the Palma ratio) should not exceed 0.669, 0.568 and 6.110, respectively. On the poverty … level in Sub-Saharan Africa, the study reports that the poverty headcount ratios (hc$144ppp2011, hc$186ppp2011 and hc$250ppp …
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quantitative methods - to improve the impact of trade on rural poverty and environmental sustainability. This study seeks to … improve understanding of the relationship between trade liberalization, poverty and the environment in the developing … countries. It is evident that issues of economic growth, poverty and the environment are well-known in the development debate …
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We develop an overlapping generations model where consumption is the source of polluting emissions. Pollution stock … and vanishes beyond a critical level of pollution. We first show that multiple equilibria exist. More importantly, some … exhibit irreversible pollution levels although an abatement activity is operative. Thus, the simple engagement of maintenance …
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A mutual link between poverty and environmental degradation is examined in an overlapping generations model with … evolution of environmental quality. This interaction creates a "poverty-environment trap," where a deteriorated environment … escaping the poverty-environment trap, although it has negative effects both on the environment and output when not in the trap …
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emergence of differential fertility, but also for agents' exposure to environmental pollution because wealthier households live … effect of inequality and pollution on economic growth is amplified, if the population group that is least affected decides …
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