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swamps remittances, this paper finds that remittances, which are a stable, private transfer, have a direct poverty mitigating … remittances, poverty and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access …
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Are improvements in growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the mid-1990s sustainable? What types of growth strategies … contribute the most to reducing poverty? This paper examines these questions in four stages. First, it explores the factors … contributing to the post- 1995 improvement in growth. Second, to shed some light on factors associated with substantial jumps in …
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This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor''s health status in over 70 countries. It provides evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public spending on health care. An important new result is...
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This paper demonstrates that high and rising corruption increases income inequality and poverty by reducing economic … growth, the progressivity of the tax system, the level and effectiveness of social spending, and the formation of human … for countries with different growth experiences, at different stages of development, and using various indices of …
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The impact of higher petroleum prices on the aggregate price level, real growth, and income distribution is appraised …
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linking social spending, human capital, and growth in a system of equations. The paper finds that both education and health … to higher economic growth. The paper also finds that other policy interventions, such as improving governance, reducing …
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trade and TFP growth both over time and across sectors …
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This paper examines the factor intensity of South Africa''s trade. The conclusion is that South Africa is revealed though its trade pattern to be capital abundant (relative to labor). Surprisingly, this result holds especially for South Africa''s trade with its high income partners, which should...
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