progress in SDGs by 2030. Benin and Rwanda are presented in detail through case studies. The main lessons are: i) average … sources given the scale of additional spending, and iv) strong national ownership of SDGs is key and should be reflected in …

As the 2030 target year for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) draws closer, development practitioners … are increasing their activities in regions where poverty is predominant. In 2018, Nigeria attained an unenviable position … of being the country with the highest number of persons living in extreme poverty in terms of poverty count, overtaking …

We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … findings are established. First, the increased use of mobile phones to pay bills is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in … at HDI thresholds of 0.725, 0.727 and 0.778 and; (ii) inequality in UMIC and LA with HDI thresholds of respectively 0 …

The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in … one set of indicators that capture the extension of lived poverty, that is what percentage of the respondents, experiences … deprivation, but we also develop a series of indicators that capture the severity of lived poverty, that is how frequently …

inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its sources, and investigate how it was affected by government social policy. We find … evidence of only a small decline in inequality over this period. The observed decline may be attributed to government transfers …

support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design …

Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and … countries the key components of inclusive growth models, outcomes from these models, and the road ahead in the respective … role of social assistance and commodity boom in Brazil, and the inequality puzzle in Egypt. The paper finds that there is a …

This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and … are established. (i) Income inequality unconditionally reduces poverty and the severity of poverty though the significance … significantly moderate the positive incidence of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in some quantiles. (iii …

financial crimes in Africa and their impact on economic growth. We adopted the PRISMA protocol to identify 128 papers from the … Western Africa, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa. Socio-political marginalization, poverty and unemployment, weak … of the studies indicates that financial crimes have significant negative impacts on the economic growth of the African …