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This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...
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Economic growth does not necessarily ensure environmental sustainability for a country. The relationship between the two is far more complicated for developing countries like India, given the dependence of a large section of the population on natural resources. Under this backdrop, the current...
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foreign direct investment and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1970-2010. This study made use of two different …
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The purposes of this study were to present the current situation of poverty, economic growth, and economic development … for five selected countries in Latin America and to examine the relationship between poverty, economic growth, and … model suggested that economic development is more effective and preferable than economic growth in eradicating of poverty …
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poverty reduction at the regional level, with a particular emphasis on the role of decentralization. Over the past decade … Indonesia has made significant progress in reducing poverty, from 23% of the population in 1999 to less than 12% in 2013 …. However, substantial differences in regional poverty are observed. In this paper, we discuss the factors that drive the …
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Economic growth is typically recognized as the effective tool in eradicating of poverty. Unfortunately, many countries … investigate the new tool aimed at reducing poverty through log-linear model and to estimate the impact of exogenous macroeconomic … shock occurred in every sector on poverty through SAM multiplier. The result reveals that poverty is not sensitive to …
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This article investigates the relationships among economic growth, income distribution and poverty in Brazil during the … variations in the poverty indicators and the main components that answer for this variation - decomposition model;another that … simulates the effects of the variation of the income and the concentration indicators on the poverty level - model of elasticity …
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The paper is concerned with poverty in Romania during a period of economic growth (2000-2008). The poverty incidence … and profile before financial and economic crisis and the evolution of poverty in the context of economic growth and of a … strong increase of households income have been studied, aiming to identify who is the most vulnerable at poverty risk and to …
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Sustainable economic growth and Poverty alleviation is a principal objective of the developing countries. The present … resource drain for already limited revenues and is halting economic growth and poverty reduction efforts. …
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This paper aims to investigate the relationship between physical infrastructure and economic development of Pakistan. A composite index of physical infrastructure has been constructed through Principal Component Analysis. This has been done by taking into account three different dimensions of...
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