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World Bank questions its Mozambique "success" : "remarkable growth" and oligarchs have brought high inequality, poverty and corruption
Hanlon, Joseph - 2022
and donors. The outcome, the World Bank admits, is that Mozambique showed remarkable growth, which largely benefitted the … oligarchs and foreign companies and agencies, while poverty and inequality grew to record levels. This paper shows the intense … and brutal way the IMF and World Bank imposed shock therapy on Mozambique. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468507
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Self-serving dictators and economic growth
Haile, Daniel; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim; Verbon, Harrie - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003049277
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Structural transformation and income distribution : Kuznets and beyond
Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
This paper explores the question of structural transformation and income distribution through the eyes of the pioneer in such analysis, Simon Kuznets. It argues that his 1955 paper stands the test of time in providing insights which are relevant to understanding current phenomena like the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011811420
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Growth and income redistribution components of changes in poverty : a decomposition analysis for Ireland, 1987 - 2005
Are, Wasiu Adekunle - 2012
This study analysed the contribution of economic growth and redistribution components to aggregate poverty changes in … from the Household Budget Survey to calculate poverty indices. The result of the Shapley value decomposition of poverty … bringing about the decline in poverty. This suggests that the drastic fall in absolute poverty over the survey period could be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733719
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Does the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect the poor? : evidence from a six-country survey
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Toan Luu Duc Huynh; Nguyen, Manh-Hung - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014316146
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Growth and inequality in Ireland : 1987 - 1999
Clancy, Cathal (contributor); Madden, David (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003156340
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Ireland's post crisis recovery, 2012-2019: was it pro-poor?
Dooley, Jane; Madden, David - 2021
This paper examines anonymous and non-anonymous Growth Incidence Curves (GICs) for after-tax disposable income for Ireland during its recovery period after the Great Recession, 2012-19. In the absence of suitable panel data the non-anonymous GICs were constructed on a cohort basis with cohorts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615974
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Winners and losers on the roller-coaster : Ireland, 2003 - 2011
Madden, David - 2013
This paper applies the methodology of Ravallion and Chen in calculating growth incidence curves for Ireland over the 2003-2011 period, using measures of equivalised disposable income from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC). These curves provide an indication of growth at different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128406
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A consistent assessment of social welfare by two methodologies : the theory and evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study database
Kot, Stanisław Maciej; Paradowski, Piotr R. - 2024
consistent assessments of social welfare, inequality and poverty embodied in a given income distribution. Methods: We propose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552762
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Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere : what does it mean and why is it not happening?
Flentø, Johnny - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012939968