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Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015? The Case for a Pro-Poor Growth Strategy
Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
This study uses simulations to explore the possibility of halving the percentage of people living in extreme poverty in … different. In some cases small changes in income-distribution can have a large effect on poverty, while in others a strong focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651774
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Ethno-regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ahlerup, Pelle; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014
Abstract: Studies of political favouritism in Africa often treat ethnic and regional favouritism as interchangeable concepts. The present paper distinguishes between the two and investigates their relative influence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on whether individuals perceive their ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019125
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Economic Inequality and HIV in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
both the neighborhood and district levels, but no effect of individual poverty. We also find that the HIV …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543209