Showing 1 - 10 of 274
Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and … countries the key components of inclusive growth models, outcomes from these models, and the road ahead in the respective … role of social assistance and commodity boom in Brazil, and the inequality puzzle in Egypt. The paper finds that there is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605019
Over the past decades ASEAN countries have experienced rapid economic growth accompanied by a dramatic fall in poverty … rates, but income inequality has not retreated. This research aims at identifying factors which could contribute to more … equally distributed growth in ASEAN. To measure inclusive growth, we use a variable integrating per capita income growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252669
This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines … claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518909
Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and … empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The … evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518886
This study confirms a strong and robust relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in sub … fast- and slow-growth, countries. The study also finds that quality of growth, civil conflict, HIV/AIDs, civil and … institutional freedom, and island economies are important control variables that help explain the variability of poverty across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400682
This paper examines the empirical relationship between inequality and growth, and analyzes the impacts of growth …, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that … 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/10014401034
variable (IAV) to establish the effects of foreign aid on economic growth or the reduction of poverty. The common assumption in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403016
greater the inequality, the lower the elasticity of poverty to growth, and the higher the mean income, the higher the … downturn; and (iii) higher growth does not bring diminishing returns to poverty reduction. Moreover, we show that very high … relationship between inflation and the elasticity of the poverty rate to growth or recession. Trade openness and changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403953
service institutions, could broaden access to financial resources, fuel non-inflationary, demand-led growth; and foster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399554
economic growth and poverty reduction, particularly focusing on public policy mechanisms to reduce poverty and inequality … poverty reduction. First, it examines the structure of economic growth and its proximate determinants in the two countries …. Malaysia, unlike Pakistan, was able to sustain rapid economic growth with equally impressive reduction in poverty because the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399786