residents. We consider the case of Accra, Ghana, in this light, estimating the elasticity of housing supply and discussing the … method is indirect. First, we use a variant of the traditional monocentric city model to calculate the elasticity of Accra … much higher elsewhere. This muted supply responsiveness is consistent with the observed higher housing prices. Second, we …

need for meaningful ways of assessing the poverty impact of growth. This paper follows the elasticity approach to propose a …

the issue of Sub-Saharan Africa's relatively low growth elasticity of poverty using a sample of 575 successive and …, income levels, and inequality, Sub-Saharan Africa consistently had a significantly lower growth elasticity of poverty … relative to other regions over this period. The lower growth elasticity of poverty, which has remained unchanged over time, is …

recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and without policy responses. Two sets of policy responses are considered …

import prices. …

and productivity impacts are magnified when tariffs rise during expansions and when they are imposed by more advanced or … smaller (as opposed to developing or larger) economies; effects are asymmetric, being larger when tariffs go up than when they …

trade policies, such as applied import tariffs. The paper presents evidence of a counter-cyclical relationship between …