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Inequality in the developing world
Gradín, Carlos (ed.); Leibbrandt, Murray V. (ed.);  … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021 - First edition
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Inequality in the developing world
Gradín, Carlos (ed.); Leibbrandt, Murray V. (ed.);  … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021
Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and translates into power asymmetries that can endanger human rights, create conflict, and embed social exclusion and chronic poverty. For these reasons, it underpins intense...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013474199
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Multidimensional poverty of children in Mozambique
Mahrt, Kristi; Rossi, Andrea; Salvucci, Vincenzo; Tarp, Finn - 2018
We analyse the multidimensional wellbeing of children aged 0-17 in Mozambique and find that 46.3 per cent can be … provinces. We compare Mozambican children's wellbeing with that of children in other regional countries. Despite impressive … and poverty reduction experienced by the population as a whole translate into better living conditions for children. …
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Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Leyaro, Vincent; Mahrt, Kristi; Tarp, Finn - 2016
We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge that suggest a widening gap between...
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Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Leyaro, Vincent; Mahrt, Kristi; Tarp, Finn - In: Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, (pp. 215-241). 2017
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Ordinal comparison of multinational deprivation : theory and application
Sonne-Schmidt, Christoffer (contributor);  … - 2008
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Child health and mortality : does health knowledge matter?
Kovsted, Jens Anders; Pörtner, Claus Chr.; Tarp, Finn - In: Journal of African economies 11 (2002) 4, pp. 532-560
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Child Health and Mortality : Does Health Knowledge Matter?
Tarp, Finn - 2014
This paper studies factors that influence child health in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. This environment is characterised by high infant mortality, but not by malnutrition. We show that although maternal education is important in determining child health and mortality this effect...
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Commodity price fluctuations and child malnutrition
Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh; Molla, Kiflu G.; Tarp, Finn; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 158 (2022), pp. 1-26
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Manufacturing transformation : comparative studies of industrial development in Africa and emerging Asia
Newman, Carol (ed.); Page, John M. (ed.); Rand, John (ed.);  … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2016 - First edition
While it is possible for economies to grow based on abundant land or natural resources, more often structural change-the shift of resources from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors-is the key driver of economic growth. Structural transformation is vital for Africa. The region's...
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