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Migration, sorting and regional inequality : evidence from Bangladesh
Shilpi, Forhad - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
, causing returns differences between the regions to persist. To reduce regional inequality in welfare in Bangladesh, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079914
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The impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Ghana
Adams Jr., Richard H.; Cuecuecha, Alfredo; Page, John - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
(from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To control … inclusion of remittances. The paper also finds that both types of remittances increase income inequality in Ghana. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133706
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Sudan - social safety assessment
Kjellgren, Annika; Jones-Pauly, Christina; El-Tayeb … - World Bank Group - 2014
The Sudanese population has suffered from years of conflict, and deep-seated security issues have severely hampered Sudan’s long-term economic stability and social development. As a consequence, Sudan is struggling to meet its MDGs. Since the secessionof South Sudan, Sudan has lost a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010828448
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Botswana social protection
Tesliuc, Cornelia; Silverio Marques, Jose; Mookodi, Lillian - World Bank Group - 2013
The report lays out options to use social safety nets to meet the goal set by the Government of Botswana to eradicate extreme poverty by 2016 and in a budget neutral way. Introducing a Family Support Grant is argued to be a more efficient way to address absolute poverty by offering a family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010828458
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Can we measure resilience ? a proposed method and evidence from countries in the Sahel
Alfani, Federica; Dabalen, Andrew; Fisker, Peter; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Although resilience has become a popular concept in studies of poverty and vulnerability, it has been difficult to obtain a credible measure of resilience. This difficulty is because the data required to measure resilience, which involves observing household outcomes over time after every...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124474
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The demographic, economic and financial determinants of international remittances in developing countries
Adams Jr., Richard H. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
What causes developing countries to receive different levels of international remittances? This paper addresses this question by using new data on such variables as the skill composition of migrants, poverty, and interest and exchange rates to examine the determinants of remittances. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116053
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Did higher inequality impede growth in rural China ?
Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2010
This paper estimates the relationship between initial village inequality and subsequent household income growth for a … for an array of household and village characteristics, the paper finds that households located in higher inequality … villages experienced significantly lower income growth through the 1990s. However, local inequality’s predictive power and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008725948
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How reliable and consistent are subjective measures of welfare in Europe and Central Asia ? evidence from the second life in transition survey
Cojocaru, Alexandru; Diagne, Mame Fatou - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
This paper analyzes the reliability and consistency of subjective well-being measures. Using the Life in Transition Survey, which was administered in 34 countries of Europe and Central Asia in 2006 and 2010, the paper evaluates subjective well-being measures (satisfaction with life and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010614888
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The measurement of inequality of opportunity : theory and an application to Latin America
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Gignoux, Jeremie - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
What part of the inequality observed in a particular country is due to unequal opportunities, rather than to … differences in individual efforts or luck? This paper estimates a lower bound for the opportunity share of inequality in labor … Roemer, the authors associate inequality of opportunity with outcome differences that can be accounted for by morally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116670
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The patterns and determinants of household welfare growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
Mansour, Wael - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
decline in poverty and inequality indicators. Yet, the sentiment of the overall population seems to point to worsening … inequality. It then carries out regression analysis using re-centered influence functions to examine the economic determinants of … main driver behind poverty reduction, and that the drop in inequality was primarily driven by a regional catching-up effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829789