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Poverty and Economic Growth in Mexico
Garza-Rodriguez, Jorge - 2020
analyzing this issue for the case of Mexico. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to analyze the relationship between … poverty and economic growth in Mexico, using a cointegration analysis with structural change for the period 1960–2016. The … poverty reduction). This estimate is similar to those obtained in other studies for the case of Mexico and for other …
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Growth, inequality and poverty dynamics in Mexico
Iniguez-Montiel, Alberto Javier; Kurosaki, Takashi - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 27 (2018), pp. 1-25
In this study, we examine the contributions of growth and redistribution to poverty reduction in Mexico during the … contributor to poverty reduction in Mexico. In the second part of our analysis, we compile a unique panel dataset at the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029548
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Growth, inequality and poverty dynamics in Mexico
Iniguez-Montiel, Alberto Javier; Kurosaki, Takashi - In: Latin American Economic Review 27 (2018) 1, pp. 1-25
In this study, we examine the contributions of growth and redistribution to poverty reduction in Mexico during the … contributor to poverty reduction in Mexico. In the second part of our analysis, we compile a unique panel dataset at the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205104
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Within-Country Poverty Convergence : Evidence from Mexico
López-Calva, Luis Felipe - 2020
analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826231
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Within-country poverty convergence: evidence from Mexico
López-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; … - 2020
analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262928
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Do remittances promote economic growth and reduce poverty? : evidence from Latin American countries
Ekanayake, E. M.; Moslares, Carlos - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 2/35, pp. 1-26
In this study, we explore the hypotheses that (a) workers' remittances enhance economic growth in Latin American countries, and (b) workers' remittances help reduce poverty in Latin American countries. In recent decades, workers' remittances have become an important source of income for many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238423
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Mozambique : off-track or temporarily sidelined?
Arndt, Channing; Jones, E. Samuel; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010511245
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A survey of the role of fiscal policy in addressing income inequality, poverty reduction and inclusive growth
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk - 2014
A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345543
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Understanding the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria
Ajakaiye, Olu; Jerome, Afeikhena T.; Nabena, David; … - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405514
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Transforming the Philippine Economy : 'Walking on Two Legs'
Usui, Norio - 2011
With a strong recovery from the global crisis, the Philippines' policy focus will shift again to a long-term development agenda. Despite favorable initial conditions, the Philippines' long-term growth performance has been disappointing. Over the decades, the economy has suffered from high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124191