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interpersonal inequality during 1975-2005 are measured using data from UNU-WIDER’s World Income Inequality Database. In order to … better understand the trends, global interpersonal inequality is decomposed into within-country and between …-country inequality. The paper illustrates that the relationship between global interpersonal inequality and these constituent components …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108675
Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418642
Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations … evaluation of the main stylized facts concerning poverty, inequality, and growth. It will uncover existing trends, put …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013364552
zero and household real consumption reducing in all areas of the country. Meanwhile, inequality stagnated in the period … inequality for Mozambique and their trends over the last 25 years. Using real per capita consumption as the main welfare … aggregate, we look at various indicators of inequality, including the consumption distribution, percentiles and percentile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322641
interpersonal inequality during 1975-2005 are measured using data from UNU-WIDER's World Income Inequality Database. In order to … better understand the trends, global interpersonal inequality is decomposed into within-country and between …-country inequality. The paper illustrates that the relationship between global interpersonal inequality and these constituent components …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343234
In this paper, we investigate the long-term trend of consumption inequality in Mozambique. We show that an imbalanced … growth path disproportionally benefited the better-off and caused increasing inequality, especially in more recent years … higher level of attained education and the smaller public sector to become associated with less inequality over time. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151175
Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010511245
In this paper, we investigate the long-term trend of consumption inequality in Mozambique. We show that an imbalanced … growth path disproportionally benefited the better-off and caused increasing inequality, especially in more recent years … higher level of attained education and the smaller public sector to become associated with less inequality over time. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152266
zero and household real consumption reducing in all areas of the country. Meanwhile, inequality stagnated in the period … inequality for Mozambique and their trends over the last 25 years. Using real per capita consumption as the main welfare … aggregate, we look at various indicators of inequality, including the consumption distribution, percentiles and percentile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463999
Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations … evaluation of the main stylized facts concerning poverty, inequality, and growth. It will uncover existing trends, put …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191436