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Using an endogenous growth model, this paper examines the growth and welfare effects of foreign aid in the recipient … human capital acquisition, but with more leisure. Thus, foreign aid may not always help the growth and welfare of the … levels of growth and welfare. Along the balanced growth path, aid allocation for welfare maximization is different from that …
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Production sectors are interdependent and the benefits of output growth for poverty reduction therefore spread over the …
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Forecasting poverty in the future is mostly a matter of forecasting economic growth. The objective of the study is to … examine the inter-temporal link between growth and poverty in Pakistan, over the next 25years period i.e., from the years 2011 … test the temporal causality among poverty measures (i.e., head count ratio, poverty gap and squared poverty gap), growth …
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The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty in the context of … rural, urban and national levels. Further, this study evaluates pro-poor growth policies in Pakistan during the period of … 1964–2011. The regression model encompassing the impact of economic growth and inequality on poverty reflects that a 1 …
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This paper examines regional divergence in income across different states in India, and estimates convergence clubs endogenously. The paper makes two useful contributions. First, the data is analyzed using a novel method due to Phillips and Sul (2007) leading to different conclusions in...
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This paper examines the impact of external debt on economic growth in Pakistan over the period 1970–2009. The empirical … exploration of the impact of external debt on growth is analyzed allowing external debt to interact with macroeconomic policy … index and considering the ratio of multilateral external debt to total external debt as an additional factor in the growth …
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The literature on income inequality has provided various explanations as to how income inequality can affect growth … other individuals, both within the country and in foreign countries. The chosen policy affects economic growth, with the … assumption being that policies that promote growth also tend to result in more switching of individuals between income groups. We …
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China's fast growth is perceived as a major determinant of its savings glut that contributes to global imbalances, but … find that China's growth is positively affected by saving but has a limited effect on saving, that inequality mainly has a … negative impact on growth but has a positive impact on saving, and that inequality is a stronger factor than growth in …
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An extensive literature stresses that currency misalignments are costly in terms of growth performance. However, these …
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emissions, financial development, economic growth, energy consumption and trade openness for India. Our main contribution to the … energy policies for India that contribute to the curbing of carbon emissions while preserving economic growth. …
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