This paper examines the precise links between foreign direct investment (henceforth, FDI) and poverty alleviation … international borders, therefore FDI reduces poverty only under certain circumstances. “Roll out the red carpet for foreign … more FDI, exploit it more efficiently and reduce poverty. Empirical analysis using panel data of 62 countries, from 1996 to …

This paper examines the indirect linkages among foreign direct investment (henceforth, FDI) and poverty reduction … that FDI inflows are able to contribute to higher growth and employment in poor countries? I argue yes. Behavior of FDI … therefore FDI can contribute to higher growth and employment in poor countries but only under certain circumstances, “Roll out …

The study investigates the impact of trade liberalization on employment, its consequence to poverty reduction and how … trade openness affects economic development in Pakistan. Although, increase in poverty and unemployment is observed, this …

by falling poverty and fairly stable, or even declining, income inequality. Subsequently, from about the mid-1970s … onwards, a cumulative process of non-farm diversification took hold, and was accompanied by further growth and poverty decline … growth in inequality and has played a particularly pronounced role in reducing poverty. …

Poverty reduction has long been one of the political priorities of the European Union and its member states. Despite … the political declarations and measures applied, poverty is still a phenomenon that affects the everyday lives of about 70 … million Europeans. Moreover, trends in poverty incidence show how poverty risks are sensitive to overall socio …

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of FDI on employment in ECOWAS sub region between 1990 and 2019. The … and employment across ECOWAS sub region. In the short run, the impact of FDI on employment is negative and statistically … not significant. Meanwhile, in the long run FDI has a positive and statistically significant impact on employment rate …

This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country …'s paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that …

on the working week, employment and productivity. A baseline model economy is calibrated to reproduce the cross … higher degree of flexibility in weekly hours. The 2012 reform is found to preserve employment and generate a 1.72% increase … in productivity. In the work-sharing scenario, the increase in employment (1.86%) comes at the expense of a lower …

performances of the Macedonian economy. On the other hand, the FDI impact over employment is negative mainly due to the low level …This paper elaborates the economic impacts of the foreign direct investments (FDI) on the case of Macedonian economy …. Most developing countries consider FDI a vital source for their development. Anyway, it is quite difficult to measure the …

Despite extensive research, the estimates of changes in employment are heter-ogeneous in different conditions of … employment elasticity compared to its values in economies with a stable development trend. Based on this, we formulate the …