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The canonical approach to analysing the poverty impact of growth is based on the comparison of poverty before and after … growth. Measurement tools that endorse this approach fail to capture the different experiences of poverty dynamics in the … measuring this individual poverty incidence of growth, and show how it relates to existing models. We apply our framework to …
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In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries … only a few exceptions, we compare the same inequality concept obtained from the same source in two different years in each … witnessing a decline of inequality as measured by the Gini index, even if once accounted for the fact that inequality increased …
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high and stable growth and a decline in the poverty rate. Although rising, however, inequality is low in Ghana compared …Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently … understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these measures, we know that inequality has been rising in Ghana despite …
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the major source, followed by the 'growth mobility'. The comparison with income inequality indicated that the low degree … of mobility is not conducive to the narrowing of inequality. However, the high degree is not accompanied by the …
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represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although … and levels between the two wellbeing distributions. As a result, expenditure inequality is higher in China than in India …
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We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014-15 to 2017-18. We ….75 per cent over the study period. The all-India estimates indicate that 144 million people were lifted from poverty during …. Our state-level estimates reveal that 20 states report less than 10 per cent headcount poverty, up from six states. COVID …
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The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
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This paper is the first to compare global trends in income and wealth inequality this century. It is based on large … coefficient, inequality between countries accounts for about two-thirds of global income inequality, but noticeably less - around … one half - of wealth inequality. Broadly similar results are found for different years and different inequality indices …
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This paper contributes to the literature by reviewing levels, trends, and structure of inequality since the early 1990s … the complexity of the underlying drivers of inequality changes. While the primary focus is on examining trends based on …
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This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …
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