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Can We Measure the Power of the Grabbing Hand? : A Comparative Analysis of Different Indicators of Corruption
Hamilton, Alexander James - 2018
Sustainable Development Goal 16 is explicitly committed to measuring aspects of corruption over time, and the … indicators most salient to measuring Sustainable Development Goal 16. Consistent with the large literature in the field, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930704
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On the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Islamic Finance
Ahmed, Habib - 2017
The Sustainable Development Goals, the global development agenda for 2015 through 2030, will require unprecedented … mobilization of resources to support their implementation. Their predecessor, the Millennium Development Goals, focused on a … limited number of concrete, global human development targets that can be monitored by statistically robust indicators. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971752
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Removing Impediments to Sustainable Economic Development : The Case of Corruption
Lopez-Claros, Augusto - 2017
This paper examines causes and consequences of corruption within the process of economic development. It starts by … development. This paper argues that many forms of corruption stem from the distributional attributes of the state in its role as …, international conventions, and the role of new technologies. The paper concludes with some thoughts on the moral dimensions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973777
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Egypt Beyond the Crisis : Medium-Term Challenges for Sustained Growth
Herrera, Santiago - 2017
The paper analyzes the impact of the recent global crisis in the context of the previous two decades' growth and capital flows. Growth decomposition exercises show that Egyptian growth is driven mostly by capital accumulation. To estimate the share of labor in national income, the analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976332
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Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
Ravallion, Martin - 2016
The authors report new estimates of measures of absolute poverty for the developing world over 1981-2004. A clear trend decline in the percentage of people who are absolutely poor is evident, although with uneven progress across regions. They find more mixed success in reducing the total number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747765
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Youth Well-Being in Brazil : An Index for Cross-Regional Comparisons
Dell'Aglio, Debora - 2016
adulthood. Youth development is difficult to quantify because of the multi-dimensionality of youth behavior. Most monitoring use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747785
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Multidimensional Poverty in Ethiopia : Changes in Overlapping Deprivations
Ambel, Alemayehu A. - 2020
This paper presents trends in monetary and nonmonetary dimensions of wellbeing in Ethiopia using data from the Household Consumption and Expenditure and Welfare Monitoring surveys implemented in 2000, 2005, and 2011. The paper provides evidence on changes in overlapping deprivations using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012855988
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Socioeconomic Resilience in Sri Lanka : Natural Disaster Poverty and Wellbeing Impact Assessment
Walsh, Brian James - 2019
Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper proposes an expanded risk assessment based on a framework that adds socioeconomic resilience and uses wellbeing losses as the main measure of disaster severity. Using an agent-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859527
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An Evaluative Look Behind the Curtain : World Bank Group Staff's Early Experience with the Shared Prosperity Goal
Smets, Lodewijk - 2018
In 2013, the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group endorsed two ambitious goals: eliminating extreme poverty in the world by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity. The latter is defined as fostering the growth in the income of the poorest 40 percent of the population in each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931053
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Measuring Natural Risks in the Philippines : Socioeconomic Resilience and Wellbeing Losses
Walsh, Brian James - 2019
Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper proposes an expanded risk assessment based on a framework that adds socioeconomic resilience and uses wellbeing losses as its main measure of disaster severity. Using a new,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893747