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At the end of 1980s, Côte d’Ivoire entered a deep macroeconomic crisis that put an end to the often praised "Ivorian miracle". After the death of the founding father Houphouët-Boigny, unrestrained political competition added to bad economic conditions and led to the nightmare of civil war....
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At the end of the 1980s, Côte d’Ivoire entered a deep macroeconomic crisis that put an end to the often-praised ‘Ivorian miracle’. After the death of the founding father Houphouet-Boigny, unrestrained political competition added to bad economic conditions and led to the nightmare of civil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073233
spite of a return to sustained growth following the devaluation of the CFA Franc. Poverty in terms of existence conditions …
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The aim of this article is to analyse in depth the interactions of growth and poverty in Syria, which undertook reforms … to reduce the government's involvement in the economy. During the 1996–2004 period, growth was pro-poor in ‘weak absolute … the gap between urban and rural areas, mainly owing to a pattern of growth in which oil played an increasing role and …
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Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker in terms … of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to a large … after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro-poor to some …
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Macroeconomic data on 45 countries are combined with microeconomic data on 4 case-study countries to reveal signifi cant differences in the levels of education attained under the different colonial powers in Africa during the colonial period. In 1960, former British colonies exhibited higher...
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We show, in contrast with Stiglitz, that an inegalitarian long run equi- librium can emerge in a Solow growth model …
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The aim of this paper is to show that inequalities of wealth can be necessary conditions to explain the apparition and rise of a capitalistic system. We try to highlight Marx's insights on primitive accumulation. Our dynamic framework is consistent with Roemer's idea of endogenous class...
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, growth and welfare. Health spending triggers technological progress, which is a potential source of better outcomes in terms … of longevity and quality of life, a direct source of growth for the bio-tech industries and an indirect source of growth … the population in the labour force and higher labour productivity levels. In turn, income growth induces an increase in …
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