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Poverty Trends and Profile in Cape Verde from 2001 to 2007: Quantitative and Qualitative analyses
Backiny-Yetna, Propere; Carbonari, Flávia; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
the population in poverty declined from 49.0 percent in 1988-89 to 36.7 percent in 2001-02. The results presented here … suggest a continuation of this trend with only 26.6 percent of the population in poverty in 2007. This article describes the … methodology used to derive these estimates and presents a profile of poverty according to household characteristics. In addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353537
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Assessing the Targeting Performance of Social Programs: Cape Verde
Angel-Urdinola, Diego; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
subsidies and social programs (whether the subsidies are provided in cash or in kind) is important for reducing poverty. In this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621292
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Employment and Education Discrimination against Disabled Persons in Cape Verde
Échevin, Damien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper assesses the employment and school enrollment gaps between disabled and non-disabled persons using the last Cape Verdean census. The unexplained part of these gaps accounts for most of them, whatever the age group considered. Furthermore, differences in age structures between disabled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497685
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Mudança estrutural e a relação entre os setores em Cabo Verde
Pina, Gilson M. G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between sectors of activity in a small economy, exemplified by the case of Cape Verde, in order to analyze the impact that each one has on the others. Using the vector autoregressive (VAR) approach, the short-run and long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112233
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Growth Diagnostic of Cape Verdean Economy
Brito, Joao - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The main of this article is to analyse the evolution of Cape Verdean economy and find a binding constraint to economic growth, using the technique “growth diagnostic” proposed by Hausmann et al. (2005). The real GDP per capita in Cape Verde increased from US$ 806 in 1970 to US$ 2.830 in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113033
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Financial development and Economic Growth: The Case of Cape Verde
Ogunyiola, Ayorinde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study empirically investigates the long-run relationship and short-run dynamics between financial development and economic growth in Cape Verde for the period 1980 - 2011. The study employs the Johansen and Juselius approach to cointegration, pairwise granger causality test for causality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113107
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Diagnóstico do Crescimento da Economia Cabo-verdiana
BRITO, JOÃO ANTONIO - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This article uses the HRV model proposed by Hausmann, Rodrik and Velasco (2005) to conduct a growth diagnosis of Cape Verde's economy. The real per capita GDP in Cape Verde rose from US$ 806 in 1970 to US$ 2.830 in 2011, representing an average annual rate of growth of 3.3%. The service sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240260
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Spatial Analysis of Income Growth in the Philippines: Evidence from Intra-Country Data (1988 to 2009)
Mapa, Dennis; Albis, Manuel Leonard; Comandante, Dorcas Mae - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper looks at the spatial relationship of the average per capita income growth using intra-country or provincial data from 1988 to 2009. The results from the study provide insights on the geographical dimensions of provincial income growth and showed evidence on the role of spatial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259209
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Foreign direct investment in provinces: A spatial regression approach to FDI in Vietnam
Esiyok, Bulent; Ugur, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Vietnam have increased significantly in recent years, with unequal distribution between provinces and regions. We aim to contribute to the literature on locational determinants of FDI by accounting for spatial interdependence between 62 Vietnamese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422095
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A Non-Parametric Approach to Spatial Causality
Herrera Gómez, Marcos; Ruiz Marín, Manuel; Mur … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The purpose of this paper is to show the capacity of a new non-parametric test based on symbolic entropy and symbolic dynamics to deal with the detection of linear and non-linear spatial causality. The good performance of the new test in detecting spatial causality and causal weighting matrix is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493278