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Pro-poor growth has been identified as one of the most promising pathways to accelerate poverty reduction in developing countries. The diagnostic pro-poor growth toolbox has so far focused on the income dimension as well as key non-income achievements in education and health. This article...
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developing countries using cointegration techniques on a country-by-country basis. The paper finds that in the vast majority of …
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of globalization on human development. Given that the concept of globalization reflects a multitude of economic and … the channels through which less researched facets of globalization affect human lives. Specifically, the first essay … scrutinizes the role of informational globalization, characterized by the exchange of information. It focuses on the s... …
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This paper re-enters the contested discussion surrounding the Indian Enigma, the high prevalence of chronic undernutrition in India relative to sub-Saharan Africa. Jayachandran & Pande argue that the key to the Indian enigma lies in the worse treatment of higher birth order children,...
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Um Armut zu bekämpfen, muss die menschliche Entwicklung gestärkt werden. Allerdings werden heute 250 Millionen Kinder unter 5 Jahren in Ländern mit niedrigem und mittlerem Einkommen wahrscheinlich nicht ihr volles Entwicklungspotenzial erreichen. Um Hindernisse für eine optimale menschliche...
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. We create a unique panel data set combining Demographic and Health Surveys, Household Income Surveys, and nighttime light …
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The post-2015 development includes level-end goals for both under-five and neonatal mortality to be obtained by 2030: no more than 25 and 12 deaths per 1,000 births, respectively. Recent accelerations in the rate of reduction in under-five mortality have been cited as a cause for optimism. In...
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