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The Global Consumption and Income Project (GCIP) : an introduction and preliminary findings
Lahoti, Rahul; Jayadev, Arjun; Reddy, Sanjay - 2014 - This Version: October 30th, 2014
We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) containing an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the world. The benchmark version of the dataset presents...
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The global consumption and income project : an introduction and preliminary findings
Lahoti, Rahul; Jayadev, Arjun; Reddy, Sanjay - 2015
We introduce two separate datasets - the Global Consumption Dataset and the Global Income Dataset - containing an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the world. The benchmark version of the dataset presents estimates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462536
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Do economic growth and institutional quality reduce poverty and inequality in West Africa?
Kouadio, Hugues Kouassi; Gakpa, Lewis Landry - In: Journal of policy modeling : JPMOD ; a social science … 44 (2022) 1, pp. 41-63
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Die Sachs-Easterly-Kontroverse : "Dissent on Development" revisited
Hielscher, Stefan - 2008
Der entwicklungsökonomische Diskurs ist aktuell geprägt durch eine kontroverse Debatte zwischen Jeffrey Sachs und William Easterly. Der Beitrag rekonstruiert beide Ansätze aus ordonomischer Perspektive. Er argumentiert, dass eine auf Kooperation angelegte Semantik vergleichsweise besser...
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Trade liberalization and poverty reduction : trade can reduce poverty when accompanied by appropriate policies and institutions
Mitra, Devashish - 2016
Economic growth is essential, though not sufficient, for poverty reduction in developing countries. Research based on … contribute to economic growth, and thus can help many poor people escape poverty. However, the domestic environment has to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514707
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Skills for decent work, life and sustainable development : vocational education and the sustainable development goals
McGrath, Simon; Alla-Mensah, Joyceline; Langthaler, … - 2018
of poverty reduction, growth and decent work. Finally, the Paper reflects on the potential contribution of Germanophone …
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How Enhancing Information and Communication Technology Has Affected Inequality in Africa for Sustainable Development : An Empirical Investigation
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indictors are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators include: mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and...
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A Quality of Growth Index for Developing Countries : A Proposal
Mlachila, Montfort - 2014
This paper proposes a new quality of growth index (QGI) for developing countries. The index encompasses both the … intrinsic nature and social dimensions of growth, and is computed for over 90 countries for the period 1990-2011. The approach … is premised on the fact that not all growth is created equal in terms of social outcomes, and that it does matter how one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045938
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Tourism, ICT and inclusive development: global evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study empirically examines the effect of tourism and ICT on inclusive development. Inclusive development is approached as human development adjusted for environmental sustainability; ICT is based on mobile phones subscription rate, internet penetration and fixed broadband subscription and a...
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Quality of growth empirics : comparative gaps, benchmarking and policy syndromes
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
growth quality in 93 developing countries with data for the period 1990-2011. Sigma and Beta estimation strategies are used …, resource-wealth, state fragility and time-consistent growth quality (GQ) performance. First, for "within dispersions" the …
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