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The objective of this study was to examine the role of social security in fighting poverty in Metlaoui, Tunisia, using survey data collected between July 2012 and January 2014, covering 200 poor households. We used questionnaire data, which gave a thorough analysis of the reactions, behavior,...
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to the OECD average but contributed to large increases in income inequality and poverty that have only been partially …
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During the last decades, China has experienced double-digit economic growth rates and rising inequality. This paper … find that health disparities in China relate to rising income inequality and in particular to the adverse health and income …
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China is facing in the transition from middle to high income: the management of inequality. In particular, we explore the … possible roots of future inequality that is associated with a nation's under-investment in the human capital of broad segments … in poor areas of rural China and locking in decades of hard-to-address inequality …
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have shown that excessive inequality is bad not only for moral reasons but for economic reasons as well. According to the … International Monetary Fund, excessive inequality can erode social cohesion, cause political polarization, and lower economic growth … due to the shrinking spending power of consumers. According to some estimations, rising inequality in the United States …
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Economic growth accelerated during the first decade of the 2000s in many poor countries, especially in Africa. This welcome news is widely discussed, even in the popular press. Yet as economies grow, some analysts express concerns that such growth is not having as significant an impact on...
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The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function,...
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As well-being has matured as a statistical and measurement agenda, it has become increasingly relevant as a “compass” for policy, with a growing number of countries using well-being metrics to guide decision-making and inform budgetary processes. One remaining challenge has consisted in...
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