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levels. Poverty levels have also risen. The country's experience presents an interesting challenge for many economists that … factor productivity. The main findings are that a complete tariff removal on imports has negative welfare and poverty … in terms of welfare and poverty reduction. The mining sector (highest export orientation) is the biggest winner from the …
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Since January 2002 and within the framework of the sub-regional economic integration process conducted by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal has adopted the institution of a Common External Tariff (CET) and the harmonization of the tax system. These measures have...
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Since January 2002 and within the framework of the sub-regional economic integration process conducted by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal has adopted the institution of a Common External Tariff (CET) and the harmonization of the tax system. These measures have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050838
Much current debate focuses on the role of growth in alleviating poverty. However, the majority of computable general … equilibrium (CGE) models used in poverty and inequality analysis are static in nature. The inability of this kind of model to … account for growth (accumulation) effects makes them inadequate for long run analysis of the poverty and inequality impacts of …
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developments might affect the broader economy in SASEC, and in particular impact on income distribution and poverty. The paper …
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paper considers the effects of macroeconomic policies on poverty and inequality by building and linking a microsimulation … (MS) model to a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. In the South African context, where poverty and inequality are … impact on poverty and inequality can be assessed in detail …
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This paper focuses on approaches to linking macroeconomic models to household income data for poverty and … distributional analysis. Given that linkage methods can influence the resulting poverty and income distribution effects …
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This paper aims to contribute to the shared goal of assessing the distributional consequences of macroeconomic shocks and policies. It does so by looking into the domain of applicability of the different microsimulation approaches used at present in combination with macroeconomic CGE models. In...
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Dutch colonial policies) and the extreme poverty witnessed in rural areas. Using historical and modern data on the …
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of human welfare, particularly poverty and inequality. Combined with major improvements in the coverage and quality of …
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