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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...
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This study uses a new dataset to provide comparative gaps, benchmarking with best performers and policy syndromes of growth quality in 93 developing countries with data for the period 1990-2011. Sigma and Beta estimation strategies are used to provide between and within cross-country...
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This study uses a new dataset to provide comparative gaps, benchmarking with best performers and policy syndromes of growth quality in 93 developing countries with data for the period 1990-2011. Sigma and Beta estimation strategies are used to provide between and within cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948481
globalization had negative and significant impact on poverty rate in Nigeria. Therefore, the conclusion was made that globalization … had contributed significantly in reducing poverty rate in Nigeria. The study recommended the need for the government to … business opportunities in the country which would aid reduction of poverty rate in Nigeria. More so, there is the need to …
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case of Nigeria. The EKC model includes population density, education expenditure, foreign direct investment, and gross … technique, which has not been applied in the literature on Nigeria. The results, inter alia, indicate that there is EKC for CO2 … and SPM. This implies that the green growth objective can be pursued in Nigeria with concerted efforts. Other …
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The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …
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The eradication of poverty as the main target of Sustainable Development Goal 1 by 2030 is the subject of this paper … related to poverty as a multidimensional concept. Further, the paper investigate concept of poverty and gives overview poverty … poverty has also a spatial dimension in all these countries. As part of this paper, the issues of the situation with poverty …
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and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …, while politically unconnected wealth inequality, income inequality, and initial poverty have no significant effect. …
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poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …
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