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-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …
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undernutrition and mortality rise with poverty. Our analysis confirms that media exposure triggers public action, and helps avert …
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We study the impact of growth and growth accelerations on poverty and inequality in Indonesia using a new panel dataset … the economy. We find that growth in non-mining significantly reduces poverty and inequality. In contrast, overall growth … and growth in mining appears to have no effect on poverty and inequality. We also identify growth acceleration episodes …
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This paper attempts to analyze the depth of poverty and examines the causal relationship between disability and poverty … finds higher level of poverty and income inequality among disabled elderly as compared to non-disabled elderly and those …. Finally, the estimation results confirm the hypothesis of causal relationship between poverty and disability. …
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This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …
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no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …
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This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that det
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A natural way of viewing an inequality or a poverty measure is in terms of the vector distance between an actual …
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This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some …
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insurance in the 1990s and the growth of social assistance in the 2000s, and assesses their effects on poverty and inequality …
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