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Socio-economic development in South Asia : the past 50 years
Osmani, Siddiqur Rahman - 2018
economy of the region and also looks ahead to identify the major challenges that remain - focusing on Bangladesh, Pakistan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913065
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Fiscal policy for inclusive growth : a case study of Pakistan
Zulfiqar, Kalsoom - In: Pakistan economic and social review : incorporating the … 56 (2018) 1, pp. 21-46
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052439
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396968
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to higher levels of education (there are 30 times as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
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Global poverty, aid, and middle-income countries : are the country classifications moribund or is global poverty in the process of 'nationalizing'?
Sumner, Andrew - 2013
The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752790
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A capable state in Afghanistan : a building without a foundation?
de Weijer, Frauke - 2013
This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753321
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Dimensions of African inequality
Bigsten, Arne - 2014
This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249771
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Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11
Stifel, David; Woldehanna, Tassew - 2015
We adapt the standardized Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software (PLEASe) computer code stream based on Arndt and … Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to analyse poverty in Ethiopia in 2000, 2005, and 2011. Several data …-related issues create challenges to estimating the spatial and temporal distribution of poverty in a manner that meets both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414977
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Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China
Li, Yanan; Xing, Chunbing - 2020
its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181039
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Structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh
Raihan, Selim; Khan, Sunera Saba - 2020
The Bangladesh economy has undergone significant structural changes over the last four decades. The share of agriculture in GDP has declined, while the significance of industry and service sectors has increased. These structural changes have been associated with persistent challenges such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198863