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inequality in OECD nations. We assess the effects of four debt dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Instrumental …
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This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
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This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. Two indicators are used to measure EPW, namely, the: female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical...
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This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. EPW is measured with the female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical evidence is based on...
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inequality empirics. While ethnic diversity h asalso been identified as one of the fundamental causes of income inequality, the … role of institutions as a mediating factor in the ethnicity-inequality nexus has not received the scholarly attention it … framework corrects the noisy influence originating from the nexus between "ethnic diversity" and inequality in 26 sub -Saharan …
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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 …" contribute to reducing inequality in countries at the bottom and top ends of the inequality distribution, while (ii) "mobiles ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …
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Abstract This study extents the literature on responses to a recent World Bank report on the African poverty tragedy by assessing the effect of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996–2011. Political, economic, social and general globalisation...
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Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to … 2019. The Gini index is used to measure income inequality. Poverty is measured in terms of the poverty headcount ratio …
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The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub …. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and politics. Second, mobile money … innovations interact with income inequality to have a positive impact on women in business and politics. Third, net effects from …
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The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries … for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information … access in schools unconditionally promote adult literacy. The corresponding inequality threshold that should not be exceeded …
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