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Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010

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Poverty and Survival

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010

A recent literature highlights the uncertainty concerning whether economic growth has any causal protective effect on health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data...

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Population growth, economic growth, and poverty reduction in Uganda : theory and evidence

Klasen, Stephan (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines the link between population and per capita economic growth in Uganda. After showing that Uganda has one of the highest population growth rates in the world which, due to the inherent demographic momentum, will persist for some time to come, it then considers the impact of...