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From E-Business to Social Tool for the Poor - A Study on Internet Applications, Drivers and Impact
Goswami, Ranjit - 2014
Internet, as a massive disruptive technology and as a General Purpose Technology, has offered tremendous opportunities … to redefine human society. In order to identify critical impact of Internet on society, this thesis categorizes diverse … Internet applications into four major groups, namely (1) business use (2) government use, (3) use as a social tool for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181016
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Privatization Commercialization of Public Service Delivery : Implications for Pro-Poor Growth and Attainment of MDGs in Nigeria
Olomola, Aderibigbe Stephen - 2016
The traditional practice of the public sector initiating and managing provision of public services is fast becoming unattractive due to diminishing capacity of the government to cope with increasing demand arising from dwindling economic fortune and the inefficiency with which public services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994466
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How rich countries became rich and why poor countries remain poor : it's economic structure ... duh!
Felipe, Jesus; Kumar, Utsav; Abdon, Arnelyn - 2010
Becoming a rich country requires the ability to produce and export commodities that embody certain characteristics. We classify 779 exported commodities according to two dimensions: (1) sophistication (measured by the income content of the products exported); and (2) connectivity to other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008759380
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How Rich Countries Became Rich and Why Poor Countries Remain Poor : It’s the Economic Structure...Duh!
Felipe, Jesus - 2010
Becoming a rich country requires the ability to produce and export commodities that embody certain characteristics. We classify 779 exported commodities according to two dimensions: (1) sophistication (measured by the income content of the products exported); and (2) connectivity to other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134833
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Growth, Employment, Poverty and Inequality in Tanzania
Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018
This paper shows that in Tanzania, economic growth contributes to job creation and employmentopportunities, however, it does very little to curb income inequality. Using official data fromvarious local sources compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics, the paper provides anexplanation as to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911973
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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships
Heshmati, Almas - 2021
This paper examines the causal relationship between inequality and a number of macroeconomic variables frequently found in the inequality and growth literature. These include growth, openness, wages, and liberalisation. We review the existing cross-country empirical evidence on the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318995
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Inequality and welfare dynamics in the Russian Federation during 1994-2015
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lokshin, Michael; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2019
Russia offers the unique example of a leading centrally planned economy swiftly transforming itself into a market-oriented economy. We offer a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia, using multiple rounds of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Surveys over the past...
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Growth, employment, poverty and inequality in Tanzania
Kinyondo, Abel; Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018
This paper shows that in Tanzania, economic growth contributes to job creation and employment opportunities, however, it does very little to curb income inequality. Using official data from various local sources compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics, the paper provides an explanation as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794985
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Tackling the last hurdles of poverty entrenchment : an investigation of poverty dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Raju, Dhushyanth; Tanaka, Tomomi; … - 2024
Ghana has managed to consistently keep its poverty rate lower than the regional average over the past 25 years, but this positive trend slowed down recently. We investigate the dynamics of overall, moderate, and extreme poverty in Ghana during 2005/06-2016/17, addressing the lack of actual panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464639
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Understanding the Southern African ‘Anomaly’ : Poverty, Endemic Disease and HIV
Sawers, Larry; Stillwaggon, Eileen - 2010
The epicentre of the global HIV epidemic is southern Africa. Previous explanations point to migration patterns and highly skewed income distribution, both thought to promote risky sexual behaviour. This study emphasizes the importance of common infectious and parasitic diseases that increase the...
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