sample of countries in the period 1960-2000. Even though welfare inequality across countries appeared stable, the …. In terms of the world population distribution, welfare inequality decreased as the result of the decline in inequality of …

“Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée in French or SCA) in the fight against poverty. We start by an … analysis of the macroeconomic foundations of growth in Senegal and then examine the evolution of labor market and social … indicators over the period under study. We show that growth achievements did not meet the targets set by the SCA. Despite the …

(english) Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker … in terms of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to … a surge after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half … growth strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper …

This paper studies the correlation between inequality, measured by the Gini coefficent of incomes, and the growth rate … of per capita GDP in a panel of countries between the late 1950s and late 1990s. Inequality Granger causes growth with a … negative coefficient, while growth Granger causes inequality with a positive sign. Quantitatively, the former effect appears …

(english) This paper is dedicated to a theoretical and empirical survey of the relationship between trade, growth …, poverty and inequality in developing countries. This relationship has been widely discussed by economists during the last few … results of empirical studies on the impact of openness (as measured by the protection rate) on growth are not robust. Some …

(english) This paper tests if agricultural and climatic shocks have persistent impacts on consumption growth in 7 rural … areas from Madagascar. The empirical framework is inspired by a standard Solow growth model. Shocks are introduced directly … measured by village rainfall deviations from long term means. Growth is measured by consumption growth. We use household total …

social relations and cultural attitudes) for economic growth and the wellbeing of citizens. The literature broadly suggests a … negative correlation between social capital and inequality. This chapter provides some empirical findings on Italy that confirm …

the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined … afterwards. By international standards, Italy does not have a high level of wealth inequality (contrary to the evidence available … together with the opinions on inequality collected by means of statistical surveys. …