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, conceptual and empirical contributions which address relevant areas that enhance extant knowledge on linkages between poverty …
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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 …
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This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments and data from 42 countries during the...
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able to achieve inclusive growth as dependency ratio, poverty and depletion of natural capital is very high. Also, health … incidence of poverty to the barest minimum to ensure that growth becomes inclusive. …
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Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been …
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This study assesses the nexus between bribery and poverty, contingent on the macroeconomic environment within the remit … regression. The results reveal that while poverty has a positive effect on the spread of bribery, inflation can mitigate the … words, the attendant results indicate that the impact of poverty on bribery becomes negative when inflation increases. The …
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The success of inclusive development strategies in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda depends substantially on the adoption of common inclusive development policies among nations. Building on the relevance of a knowledge economy in the post-2015 development agenda, this study models...
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policy debate from growth to 'quality of growth' (QG). The April 2015 World Bank publication on MDGs extreme poverty targets … has revealed that poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …
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This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...
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