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, inequality, and poverty, being careful to avoid spurious correlation arising from data construction. The GMM regression results … show that Mexican states are characterized by income and inequality convergence, that lower levels of inequality tend to … spur growth in the economy, that increasing income/consumption levels contribute to reducing inequality, and that poverty …
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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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its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …
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index of inequality elasticity of poverty. The study puts forward a scenario matrix to hypothesize the four qualities of … growth according to its interactions with inequality and poverty. This model is useful for developing countries that lack GDP …
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mobile banking and inclusive development (quality of growth, inequality and poverty) among individuals in 93 developing … (inequality) in quantiles at the high-end of inclusive development distributions for the most part. The study is original in that … development, namely: quality of growth, inequality and poverty. As a main policy implication, encouraging mobile banking …
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We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … at HDI thresholds of 0.725, 0.727 and 0.778 and; (ii) inequality in UMIC and LA with HDI thresholds of respectively 0 … (ii) inequality in UMIC, CEE and LA at HDI thresholds of 0.665, 0.736 and 0.726 respectively. The findings are discussed …
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between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year …) and negatively correlated with inequality in Latin American countries (LA). Second, growing use of mobile phones to send …
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inequality, poverty, and pro-poor growth that can be used to compute these measures from GB2 parameter estimates. An application …
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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 …" contribute to reducing inequality in countries at the bottom and top ends of the inequality distribution, while (ii) "mobiles ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …
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decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 … often before 2015 they offset each other's effects. Inequality improved, as the proportions of households with both heads …
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