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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549258
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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014233350
-Swan and Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality problem is at the heart of rational … asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality increases when the return on capital is … economy (or capitalism-fuelled illicit capital flight) is higher than the growth rate in African countries, inequality in …
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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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empirical evidence is based on the generalised method of moments. To make this assessment, inequality dynamics (i.e. the Gini … establish inequality levels that should not be exceeded in order for tourism to promote financial access in the sampled … countries. From the findings, inequality levels that should not be exceeded for tourism to promote financial access are provided …
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The study examines nexuses between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, renewable energy consumption and inequality in 39 … the 25th quantile of the inequality distributions, as long as CO2 emissions metric tons per capita are kept below 4.700 (4 … energy consumption for complementary policies, in the nexus between the green economy and inequality. …
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inequality is linked with lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Using a sample of 39 sub-Saharan countries consisting of lower …- and middleincome countries, this study investigates how increasing inequality affects renewable energy consumption. Three … income inequality indicators are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Palma ratio and Atkinson index. The empirical …
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