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Halving poverty in South Africa: Growth and distributional aspects ; distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa
Tregenna, Fiona - 2011
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African … government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article … specifies government's stated target of halving poverty by 2014 in terms of specific measures of the poverty gap and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280230
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Expanding credit access : using randomized supply decisions to estimate the impact
Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003444342
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Expanding credit access : using randomized supply decisions to estimate the impacts
Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003530091
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Impoverished, but numerate? : early numeracy in East Asia (1550 - 1800) and its impact on 20th and 21st century economic growth
Baten, Jörg; Sohn, Kitae - 2014
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The economic implications of introducing carbon taxes in South Africa
Alton, Theresa; Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; Hartley, … - 2012
reductions. The mode for recycling carbon tax revenues strongly influences distributional outcomes, with tradeoffs between growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319887
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Poverty and land distribution: Evidence from a natural experiment
Keswell, Malcolm; Carter, Michael - 2011
While land reforms have long been motivated as a potential policy lever of rural growth and development, there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280172
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Property rights and economic growth : evidence from a natural experiment
Brunt, Liam - 2007
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Health inequality and the 1918 influenza in South Africa
Fourie, Johan; Jayes, Jonathan - 2021
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Poverty and civil war : revisiting the evidence
Djankov, Simeon; Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003773894
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Measuring the carbon intensity of the South African economy
Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; Makrelov, Konstantin; … - 2011
We estimate the carbon intensity of industries, products, and households in South Africa. Direct and indirect carbon usage is measured using multiplier methods that capture inter-industry linkages and multi-product supply chains. Carbon intensity is found to be high for exports but low for major...
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