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African Jobless Growth Morphology : Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses
Nwaobi, Godwin Chukwudum - 2013
As by product of economic growth, jobs are indeed transformational. In other words, efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do (as more productive jobs appear and less productive ones disappear). In fact societies flourish as jobs bring together people from different ethnic and...
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Resilience to crisis through social protection : can we build the case?
Roca, Thomas; Ferrer, Hélène - 2016
This paper investigates the linkage between social protection and economic resilience. Does social protection have an impact on income? What role do social protection policies play in strengthening a society's capacity to overcome economic hardships? The recent crisis has brought these questions...
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Fiscal policy and inclusive growth in Latin America : lessons for Asia
Lee, Sang-hyop; Park, Donghyun - 2014
Broadly speaking, developing Asia and Latin America are at similar income and development levels. Relative to the advanced economies, economic growth and development are much more urgent priorities for both, yet Latin America has significantly more experience in using fiscal policy to tackle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463674
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Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth : a roadmap for action
Boarini, Romina; Causa, Orsetta; Fleurbaey, Marc; … - 2018
The authors propose a policy compact to achieve more inclusive growth in G20 countries so that economic growth regains the ultimate sense of improving all people’s lives. Guiding principles are: 1) prosperity is not just about income but about all relevant outcomes of well-being and...
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Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth : a roadmap for action
Boarini, Romina; Causa, Orsetta; Fleurbaey, Marc; … - 2018
The authors propose a policy compact to achieve more inclusive growth in G20 countries so that economic growth regains the ultimate sense of improving all people’s lives. Guiding principles are: 1) prosperity is not just about income but about all relevant outcomes of well-being and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779971
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Fostering inclusive growth in Malaysia
Nixon, Stewart; Asada, Hidekatsu; Koen, Vincent - 2017
Malaysia has followed a comparatively equitable development path, largely eliminating absolute poverty and greatly reduced ethnic inequality. Income and wealth inequality have gradually declined since the mid-1970s. With the “people economy” at the centre of Malaysia’s ambition to become a...
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Inequalities and Growth in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Region
Basdevant, Olivier; Benicio, Dalmacio; Yakhshilikov, Yorbol - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper applies the work of Berg and Ostry (2011) to the SACU region, to identify how inequalities have played a … role in growth in each of these countries, and elaborates policy options to mitigate the effects of inequalities and foster … growth. Lower income inequalities could lead to significant gains, as SACU countries could almost double the duration of …
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Inclusive growth : what future for the European social model?
Schmid, Günther - 2014
This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of "inclusive growth", with a brief empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite sobering and gives rise to the question: why is it so? The...
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Long-run relationships among financial development, financial inclusion, and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Kenya
Musembi, Gabriel Raid; Chun, Sungju - In: Global Business & Finance Review (GBFR) 25 (2020) 4, pp. 1-11
Purpose: This study aims to assess the impact of financial development and financial inclusion on economic growth in Kenya by investigating the long-run relationships among them. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses bank claims on the private sector and broad money to proxy for financial...
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