inequality and poverty to changes in factor endowments and changes in economic and employment structures. We also provide some …This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very … income, inequality and poverty over time, and to explain why they evolved in the way they did. We relate changes in …

by falling poverty and fairly stable, or even declining, income inequality. Subsequently, from about the mid-1970s … onwards, a cumulative process of non-farm diversification took hold, and was accompanied by further growth and poverty decline … growth in inequality and has played a particularly pronounced role in reducing poverty. …

This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country …'s paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that …

acceleration of output growth and employment creation, and contributed to reducing poverty rates. -- Latin American economies … ; macroeconomic policies ; economic growth ; employment ; poverty rates ; inequality … outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of growth, inflation, employment, investment, balance of payments, and the …

This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit … supply constraints to the household's graduation from poverty. These constraints are difficult to overcome in a traditional … women's trajectory of economic success. -- microcredit ; poverty reduction ; labour market ; intra-household decision-making …

This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some … ; poverty ; labour market …

countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed … to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation - the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors …

fell; the mix of employment by occupational position and sector improved; the educational level of the employed population …, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased …