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A Quality of Growth Index for Developing Countries : A Proposal
Mlachila, Montfort - 2014
This paper proposes a new quality of growth index (QGI) for developing countries. The index encompasses both the intrinsic nature and social dimensions of growth, and is computed for over 90 countries for the period 1990-2011. The approach is premised on the fact that not all growth is created...
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The Quality of the Recent High-Growth Episode in Sub-Saharan Africa
Martinez, Marcelo - 2013
poverty indicators? To do this, the paper first examines various aspects of the fundamentals of growth in SSA - levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085136
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Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth
Fernández, Raquel; Luna, Francesco; Rambousek, Barbara - 2021
This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238140
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When is Growth Pro-Poor? Cross-Country Evidence
Kraay, Aart - 2006
Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783215
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Inequality, Poverty, and Growth : Cross-Country Evidence
Iradian, Garbis - 2021
, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that …This paper examines the empirical relationship between inequality and growth, and analyzes the impacts of growth … challenge the belief that income inequality has a negative effect on growth and confirm the validity of the Kuznets curve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318088
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Loss-of-Learning and the Post-COVID Recovery in Low-Income Countries
Buffie, Edward F.; Adam, Christopher; Zanna, Luis-Felipe; … - 2022
We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
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Tourism in Belize : Ensuring Sustained Growth
Chow, Julian T.S. - 2020
Belize's tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering double digit annual growth rates since 2016. To guide the development of the tourism sector from 2012 to 2030, the government endorsed a National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan in...
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Education and Health for Inclusiveness
Filmer, Deon; Gatti, Roberta; Rogers, F. Halsey; … - 2021
We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital—knowledge, skills, and health. We analyze their immediate and systemic causes, and assess the scope for public intervention. The broad policy goals should be to improve: the quality, and not just the quantity,...
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Mobility Under the COVID-19 Pandemic : Asymmetric Effects Across Gender and Age
Caselli, Francesca; Grigoli, Francesco; Sandri, Damiano; … - 2021
a possible widening of gender and inter-generational inequality and provide important inputs for the formulation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250080
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Pandemic and Progressivity
Klemm, Alexander; Mauro, Paolo - 2021
Based on a survey of about 2,500 US resident adults, we show that people who have experienced serious illness or job loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, or who personally know someone who has, favor a temporary progressive levy or structural progressive tax reform to a greater extent than...
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