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Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …
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rising average attendance, while inequality in completion rates or schooling years increases with rising completion rates or … initial inequality in education. At the regional level, educational progress was generally more pro-poor in Asia and Latin … America, while in Africa the experience is very heterogeneous. While gender inequality has decreased slightly, large …
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date, and then to use this as a background for the analysis of poverty, inequality, and non-monetary outcomes. The analysis … of poverty and inequality uses the microeconomic data from three comparable and nationally representative Cameroonian …
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This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human well-being, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being - solidarity (S) and agency (A) - to be...
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multidimensional well-being from a capabilities perspective during the last one-and-a-half centuries. Relative inequality (population … development. These results are at odds with per capita income inequality that rose over time and only shrank from 1990 onwards … evolution of augmented human development inequality, although longevity made a substantial contribution until the 1920s. …
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global and regional inequality and poverty, and find decreasing global poverty and inequality during the time period. By … decomposing inequality into within and between country inequality using Theils' measure of inequality, we observe declining … inequality between countries whereas overall inequality within countries increased. Furthermore, we calculate growth incidence …
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We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
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This paper surveys recent research on aid and growth. It also provides an overview of research on inter-recipient aid allocation. The overall focus of the paper is on the relevance of these issues for poverty-efficient aid, defined as a pattern of inter-recipient aid allocation which maximises...
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redistribution component was positive during 1983-93, implying that the deterioration of the income inequality contributed to the …
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