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Global Income Distribution and Poverty: Implications from the IPCC SRES Scenarios
Calzadilla, Alvaro - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740518
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Statistical theories of income and wealth distribution
Chakrabarti, Anindya S.; Chakrabarti, Bikas K. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
The distributions of income and wealth in countries across the world are found to possess some robust and stable features independent of the specific economic, social and political conditions of the countries. We discuss a few physics-inspired multi-agent dynamic models along with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561124
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Mehr ist nicht genug: Wirksame Entwicklungshilfe für Afrika?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
Die meisten afrikanischen Länder laufen Gefahr, die Millennium Development Goals weit zu verfehlen. Die Vereinten Nationen fordern deshalb, die Entwicklungshilfe massiv aufzustocken, und der Afrika-Aktionsplan der G8 verspricht eine Konzentration der Hilfe auf Afrika. Vor diesem Hintergrund...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886836
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TAFTA ; A Dead Horse or an Attractive Open Club?
Siebert, Horst - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
Die meisten afrikanischen Länder laufen Gefahr, die Millennium Development Goals weit zu verfehlen. Die Vereinten Nationen fordern deshalb, die Entwicklungshilfe massiv aufzustocken, und der Afrika-Aktionsplan der G8 verspricht eine Konzentration der Hilfe auf Afrika. Vor diesem Hintergrund...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212055
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Does Corporate Aid Really Help Fighting Worldwide Poverty? A Case Study of Nestlé's Aid Allocation
Metzger, Laura; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Mahmoud, Toman Omar - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
Having passed the “market test”, private aid is claimed by its proponents to be better-targeted than official development assistance (ODA). But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by performing a case study of Nestlé, one of the frontrunners among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700536
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Mehr Entwicklungshilfe ist nicht genug: Zielgerichtete Unterstützung armer afrikanischer Länder mit guter Regierungsführung?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
Die meisten afrikanischen Länder laufen Gefahr, die Millennium Development Goals weit zu verfehlen. Die Vereinten Nationen fordern deshalb, die Entwicklungshilfe massiv aufzustocken, und der Afrika-Aktionsplan der G8 verspricht eine Konzentration der Hilfe auf Afrika. Vor diesem Hintergrund...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010983105
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Imported inputs and Egyptian exports: Exploring the links
Parra, María Dolores; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
This paper is the first to explore the links between exporting and importing activities of Egyptian firms using panel data over the period from 2003 to 2007. The main aim is twofold. Firstly, the authors report regression results indicating that firms that both export and import are the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269109
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The sensitivity of distributional measures to the reference period of income
Schröder, Carsten - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886845
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The Effect of Foreign Aid on Income Inequality: Evidence from Panel Cointegration
Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
This paper examines the long-run effect of foreign aid on income inequality for 21 recipient countries using panel … cointegration techniques to control for omitted variable and endogeneity bias. We find that aid exerts an inequality increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886909
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Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
-led engagement in non-agricultural activities would be inequality-decreasing through increasing the incomes of the poorer parts of … the population and would reduce poverty. Opportunity-led diversification, by contrast, would increase inequality and have … opportunity-led diversification. Yet, the poverty and inequality implications of the differently motivated diversification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956010