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aid and migrants’ remittances. Results suggest that FDI increases inequality, while remittances tend to reduce inequality …
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(english) The objective of this study is to take stock of the economic and social achievements of Senegal during the first part of president Wade’s term of office (2001 to 2006). More specifically, we examine the efficiency of the “Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance...
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on cross-section comparisons of poverty indicators. In this paper we extend the analysis first by examining the … robustness of these kind of comparisons by considering sampling errors and stochastic dominance and second, by analyzing poverty …
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Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half before 2015 (Millennium Development Goal). This article criticizes this program by analysing his pro-poor components. It shows that policies are too much oriented towards...
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15 % and 50 % and that inequality levels in both countries are nearer to level of countries like Brazil than it is said …
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. These results suggest that the spatial « inequality » dimension should be added to analyses on income and poverty transition …
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evolution of inequality during the 1968-1998 period based on the preceding method is also studied to answer to two fundamental …
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This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization and international trade on household income inequality and … more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller reductions in household poverty and inequality. If significance of results … on Brazilian states depends on the choice of poverty and inequality indicators, robust and contrasting results emerge …
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. The results confirm the usefulness of this class of models, which permit the computation of poverty and inequality …
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This paper studies the impact of changes in educational opportunities on various definitions of labour market inequalities in Brazil over two decades (1976-96). Using four editions of the nationally representative PNAD survey, we analyze the evolution of overall inequalities and inequalities of...
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