The paper studies the effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia using an urban … household survey from 2004. In order to identify the effects of remittances on poverty and inequality, counterfactual … inequality does not change. The head count, the poverty gap and the squared poverty gap ratios decreased by 2.5%, 1.1% and 0 …

In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index …, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz … high growth rates do not moderate miserliness. Finally, considering the world as a single entity, we find a dramatic rise …

Triggered by of the first report to the Club of Rome in 1972, the ecological limits of economic growth have experienced … broad public attention. Current approaches, like De-Growth, Common Welfare, or Green Growth, have not only intensified the … controversy about the trade-off concerning economic growth and environmental protection, but offer potential solutions to overcome …

Deutschland getätigt werden müssten, um nachhaltiges Wirtschaftswachstum zu ermöglichen. …