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Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa, 2008-2017
Zizzamia, Rocco; Schotte, Simone; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2019
over time. In this paper we show that this dynamic element - the risk of falling into (deeper) poverty and the chances of … available National Income Dynamics Study data to provide a thorough and up-to-date analysis of poverty dynamics in South Africa … between 2008 and 2017. This analysis focuses on the correlates of transitions into and out of poverty, and investigates how …
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The return to foreign aid
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Hansen, Henrik - 2015
We investigate the marginal productivity of investment across countries. The aim is to estimate the return on investments financed by foreign aid and by domestic resource mobilization, using aggregate data. Both returns are expected to vary across countries and time. Consequently we develop a...
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Commercialization in agriculture in rural Viet Nam, 2006-14
McKay, Andy; Cazzuffi, Chiara; Perge, Emilie - 2015
The vast majority of households in rural Viet Nam undertake agricultural activities and for many this is their main livelihood. Moreover, this agriculture has become increasingly commercialized over time. This paper uses the five wave VARHS balanced panel data set to analyse three aspects of...
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Foreign aid and mobilization of growth factors in sub-Saharan Africa
Mallaye, Douzounet; Urbain, Yogo Thierry - 2013
This study addresses the macroeconomic effect of foreign aid on the factors of growth. Specifically, we examine the effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our methodological approach evaluates the effect of disaggregate aid (aid for...
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Climate variability and household welfare in northern Ghana
Nkegbe, Paul Kwame; Kuunibe, Naasegnibe - 2014
Climate variability poses a major risk to agricultural incomes in Africa. In Ghana, most of the country's poor people live in the north and households find it difficult to hold back their productive assets during the lean season. This study investigates the impact of climate variability on...
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Is multi-party coalition government better for the protection of socially backward classes in India?
Basu, Kaushik; Biswas, Sattwick Dey; Harish, Pratik; … - 2016
-party majoritarian government is better at reducing the gap in terms of poverty and school drop-out rates, improves the employment …
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Regional and subregional analyses of macroeconomic policy strategies for growth and equality in Southern Africa
Sahoo, Dukhabandhu; Mishra, Diptimayee; Sahoo, Auro Kumar; … - 2020
We investigate the relevance of beta (Ø, absolute and conditional) and sigma (σ) convergence in the economies of the Common Monetary Area of Southern Africa and in the provinces of the Republic of South Africa using panel data, allowing an understanding of growth and inequality in the...
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Profit-shifting behaviour of emerging multinationals from India
Das, Khanindra Ch. - 2022
This paper examines the profit-shifting behaviour of emerging multinational firms from India. It is found that the before-tax profitability of subsidiaries differs according to whether they were established directly or via an Offshore Financial Centre (OFC). The impact of the corporate tax rate...
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Corruption and crisis: Do institutions matter?
Saha, Shrabani; Sen, Kunal - 2022
While the short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on lives and livelihoods are well understood, we know little about the effect of the pandemic for longer-term outcomes such as corruption. We look at the historical data on political and economic crises to assess what we can learn from the...
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Aid and social cohesion
Danquah, Michael; Ouattara, Bazoumana - 2021
A plethora of work has been done on the effectiveness of foreign aid. However, virtually none of the previous studies has investigated the impact of aid on social cohesion. Yet, in order to promote the achievement of the targets in SDG 16, donors and global partners of developing countries have...
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