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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 … used to receive/send money’ have an appealing role in promoting inclusive development in all poverty distributions, with ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …
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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 ….646 and 0.761. Second, the increased use of mobile phones to send/receive money is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in …
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for half of economic growth. Finally, institutions can affect poverty and equity, although the effects seem generally …
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Is China-Africa economic relation instrumental for capital flight and poverty reduction in FZ? Does it matter in the … capital flight and poverty reduction in FZ. The construction of a theoretical framework highlighting stylized fact and the … as capital flight and; (b) The capital flight contributes to improving the level of poverty in Africa. Overall, we can …
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-term poverty; address concerns of burgeoning population growth; train recipient governments on inclusive development; fight …
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, conceptual and empirical contributions which address relevant areas that enhance extant knowledge on linkages between poverty …
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leads to faster growth and poverty reduction in poor countries. To determine the effect of globalization on growth, poverty … translates on average into proportionate increases in incomes of the poor. Absolute poverty in the globalizing developing … the view that globalization leads to faster growth and poverty reduction in poor countries. This paper—a product of …
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Despite the development community's shift in emphasis toward the poor, malnutrition, like other dimensions of poor health, is concentrated among the worst off. Yet targets are still defined in terms of population averages. Consider, then, this information about malnutrition rates among different...
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This study examines linkages between information and communication technology (ICT) dynamics, inequality and poverty in … order to establish critical masses of poverty and inequality that should not be exceeded in order for ICT dynamics to … promote gender inclusive education in 57 developing countries for the period 2012-2016. Poverty is measured with the poverty …
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Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first …-examine their results with a non-monetary and multidimensional poverty indicator first published in 2010. Our findings confirm the … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty …
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