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greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household size was a critical determinant of poverty levels. Sector of …This study investigates the pro-poorness of income growth in Nigeria. Using nationally representative data for 1996 and … 2004, overall income growth in Nigeria was found not to be pro-poor. The richer segments of the population appropriate …
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The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. The GCM projections show consistent strong...
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due to changes in growth, inequality and poverty triangle in Pakistan over the period 1980 - 2011 by using multivariate … growth & carbon emissions and economic growth & poverty while there is a positive relationship between i) economic growth … & income inequality; and ii) poverty & income inequality. On the long-run, there is a significant positive relationship between …
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This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000-2007...
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reale Wirtschaftswachstum seit 1996 realisieren, eine Folge günstiger Entwicklung in der Landwirtschaft, der verarbeitenden … - 1,9% im Vorjahr und - 3,7% in 1998. Die Inflation stieg auf 7,8% (nach 6,9% in 1999), so dass die Armut im Land kaum …
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Many approaches and tools have been utilized throughout the globe by public and private sector organizations to curtail the deprivations and enhance welfare of the poor. Islamic Microfinance is one of them and is rapidly getting popular in Muslims as well as non-Muslims majority population...
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the problem of choosing between achieving a high rate of economic growth and maintaining a clean environment. The purpose … planning, allow predicting the possible environmental consequences of economic growth in Europe and the world. The use of the … proposed models allows not only to assess the impact of economic growth on the environment in retrospect, but also to highlight …
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of two energy categories - renewable and conventional, environmental quality and economic growth embodying capital, trade …-renewable and renewable energy utilization significantly contributes to the economic growth of the selected EMDEs. The study … acknowledges the trade-off effect between environmental quality and economic growth. Using Dumitrescu and Hurlin test, we found …
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In the paper a growth model is developed which admits endogenous growth. Endogenous growth is due to simultaneous … efficient accumulation of physical as well as human capital. In contrast to similar growth models, we assume that output can be … particularly simple and entails sharp empirical predictions. Various empirical tests of that approach and the neoc1assical growth …
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