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The Economic Tragedy of the Xxth Century : Growth in Africa
Vila-Artadi, Elsa; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - 2021
worsening of various income inequality indexes and we estimate poverty rates and headcounts. We then analyze some of the central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013223305
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Growth, Urbanization and Poverty Reduction in India
Datt, Gaurav - 2016
Longstanding development issues are revisited in the light of our newly-constructed dataset of poverty measures for … India spanning 60 years, including 20 years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. We find a downward trend in poverty … measures since 1970, with an acceleration post-1991, despite rising inequality. Faster poverty decline came with both higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998952
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Keeping it in the Family : Lineage Organization and the Scope of Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa
Moscona, Jacob - 2017
We present evidence that the traditional structure of society is an important determinant of the scope of trust today. Within Africa, individuals belonging to ethnic groups that organized society using segmentary lineages exhibit a more limited scope of trust, measured by the gap between trust...
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Kinship and Conflict : Evidence from Segmentary Lineage Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Moscona, Jacob - 2018
We test the long-standing hypothesis that ethnic groups that are organized around ‘segmentary lineages' are more prone to conflict. Ethnographic accounts suggest that in segmentary lineage societies, which are characterized by strong allegiances to distant relatives, individuals are obligated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930336
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Exporting Raises Productivity in Sub-Saharan African Manufacturing Plants
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - 2021
Proponents of trade liberalization argue that it will force firms to produce closer to the production possibility frontier and that the frontier will move out faster. In particular, plants that export will achieve a higher productivity level. However intuitive the argument, empirical evidence is...
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Girl Power : Cash Transfers and Adolescent Welfare. Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Experiment in Malawi
Baird, Sarah - 2013
Interventions targeting adolescent girls are seen as a key component in the fight to break the cycle of poverty in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075415
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Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households? Evidence Using Nutrition Data for Africa
Brown, Caitlin - 2017
Antipoverty policies assume that targeting poor households suffices in reaching poor individuals. We question this assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely across the household wealth and consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942710
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Growth Economics and Reality
Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N. - 2021
This paper questions current empirical practice in the study of growth. We argue that much of the modern empirical growth literature is based on assumptions concerning regressors, residuals, and parameters which are implausible both from the perspective of economic theory as well as from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222634
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Why Not Africa?
Freeman, Richard B.; Lindauer, David L. - 2021
poverty alleviation; and that the constraints imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa's human and physical geography are not core …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222904
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Trade Policy and Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Rodrik, Dani - 2021
This study focuses on the role of trade and trade policy in achieving sustained long-term growth in Africa. One major conclusion is that trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa works much the same way that it does elsewhere. High levels of trade restrictions have been an important obstacle to exports...
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