Income inequality and poverty are closely related. This study decomposed income inequality in Nigeria using the Gini … contributed to the increased income inequality. Between 1998 and 2004, income redistribution and income growth increased poverty …

This study analyzes the impact of remittances on poverty in Nigeria, using data from the 2004 Nigerian National Living … (PSM) method to estimate the impact of remittances on poverty. The use of these methods was based on two reasons. The first … international remittances reduce the incidence, depth and severity of poverty. The statistical tests show a significant Average …

The study examines the effects that trade liberalization will have on poverty in Nigeria. Previous studies have been … households due to the dependence of the latter on mostly land and labor income. As a result, urban poverty decreases in the short … and long run while rural poverty increases in both periods. Policies to improve the agricultural sector will thus have to …

this paper is to take this discussion a step further by introducing the effect of textiles protection on poverty and its … increase in consumption for most households. Unskilled Indians are the only group to experience a reduction in poverty and … welfare increases in the short run. The average poverty gap and the squared poverty gap also follow the same pattern as …

-led development, on food security, and on poverty in Ethiopia. It is line with the current five year development strategy of the … detain while reducing the share of unskilled labor. The same applies for land. Finally, the model has a poverty module using … and is calibrated to a SAM of Ethiopia for the fiscal year 2005/06. The poverty module uses the 2005 Household Income and …

instability. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of regional integration on the country's labour market and poverty. We … negative effects on investment. Finally, the effects on poverty and income distribution obtained through microsimulations are …

in 2008. The program is focused on children aged 0 to 18 and aims at alleviating poverty and promoting school attendance … attendance, poverty, inequality and adult labour supply. Our ex-ante estimated effects indicate that teenage school attendance … attendance shows a progressive pattern. The program also significantly reduces extreme poverty, and to a lesser extent, the …

, the poverty effects of these trading arrangements are not yet fully known. This paper, which uses a computable general … instrumental in reducing poverty in the country. It also shows that the relatively poor and less-skilled household groups, like … preferential and multilateral trade liberalization in order to help eradicate poverty. …

This study investigates the impact of the gender of the household head on the determinants of monetary poverty in the … areas. The results show that there has not been any feminization of poverty since 1995. In 1999, the incidence of poverty … among female household heads was lower than that of their male-headed counterparts, but in some cities the poverty gap was …