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Household welfare and poverty dynamics in Burkina Faso : empirical evidence from household surveys
Fofack, Hippolyte - 2001
The benefits from growth following devaluation of the CFA franc in Burkina Faso in 1994 were undermined by increasing income inequality. Factors that fed that growth in income inequality: disparities in wages and in educational attainment and unequal access to productive assets
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524043
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El Niño or el peso? : crisis, poverty and income distribution in the Philippines
Datt, Gaurav - 2000
In terms of its impact on poverty, the recent economic crisis in the Philippines was more of an El Niño phenomenon than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524258
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Income inequality, welfare, and poverty : an illustration using Ukrainian data
Kakwani, Nanak - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525874
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Migration and economic mobility in Tanzania : evidence from a tracking survey
Beegle, Kathleen - 2008
"This study explores the extent to which migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between 1991 and 2004. The analysis addresses concerns about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520961
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Local institutions, poverty and household welfare in Bolivia
Grootaert, Christiaan - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523990
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Social capital, household welfare and poverty in Indonesia
Grootaert, Christiaan - 1999
It pays for poor households to participate actively in local associations. At low incomes, the returns to social capital are higher than returns to human capital. At higher incomes, the reverse is true
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524689
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The structure and determinants of inequality and poverty reduction in Ghana, 1988-92
Canagarajah, Sudharshan - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524942
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Global income distribution and poverty in the absence of agricultural distortions
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2009
dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that … liberalization of agriculture and food could increase global extreme poverty (US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394143
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Sources of welfare disparities across and within regions of Brazil : evidence from the 2002-03 household budget survey
Skoufias, Emmanuel (contributor); Katayama, Roy (contributor) - 2008
"Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520957
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The impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Ghana
Adams, Richard H. Jr - 2008
remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To … internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. However, the size of the … poverty reduction depends on the type of remittances received. In general, poverty in Ghana is reduced more by international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521027