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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 …

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Indices of social development and their application to Africa

Haan, Arjan de; Foa, Roberto - 2014

-being, poverty, growth or aid effectiveness. However, there has been little empirical analysis that tests these relationships …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414808

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...

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Structural transformation and inclusive growth : Kuznets' "developer's dilemma" in Indonesia

Kim, Kyunghoon; Mungsunti, Arriya; Sumner, Andrew; … - 2020

We focus on special characteristics of the manufacturing sector, in terms of employment generation and productivity growth, that enable the rapid, resilient economic catch-up of developing countries. We consider the 'developer's dilemma' and the relationship between manufacturing value added or...

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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 …

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Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Ghana

Osei, Robert Darko; Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; … - 2020

This study examines the structural transformation-inclusive growth nexus for Ghana. The data cover the post-independence period for Ghana and are phased into three periods: the post-independence period to the start of the economic recovery programme (ERP) and structural adjustment programme...

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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 …

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Colombia country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

indicators that were not affected negatively by the economic crisis were labour earnings, the poverty indices, and household per …

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Bolivia country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

poverty and inequality indicators decreased substantially between 2000 and 2012. The only negative impact of the international …

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Mexico country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

negatively by the crisis, and labour earnings and poverty indicators had not recovered their pre-crisis levels by 2012. …

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