empirically observe the first democratic changeover in Ghana in 2000. Implement- ing a diff-in-diff strategy, we find that …

and swing districts. Our results, however, suggest that the opposite was true of Ghana. We observe that pro …

poverty alleviation and reducing unemployment has not been fully utilized. The main objective of this study is to provide an … an efficient strategy to provide permanent revenues and help solve the problems of poverty. Finally, cooperation between … mainstream international development agencies and waqf and zakat institutions could improve their capacity to reduce poverty and …

significantly change the Gini coefficient in nearly any of the counterfactual scenarios. However, migration reduced poverty by 40 … per- cent, with different effects across regions for extreme poverty. Foreign transfers, especially foreign pensions, have …

insecurity in terms of monetary poverty. Using a Malian survey that incorporates exceptionally detailed information on food …

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households …’ expenditures. They are also significantly associated with a decline in the probability of being in poverty for rural households; it …

In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim o reducing poverty by half … strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. …