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This paper proposes an empirical framework that relates poverty reduction to production growth. We use the GGDC … contributions are used in a regression analysis, which indicates that poverty reduction is significantly related to structural … productivity growth account for a substantial share of poverty reduction in developing Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and that …
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. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional …
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In this paper I examine the trend in income inequality and poverty among the selfemployed workers in Mexico over the … last two decades (1984–2002). This is the period over which Mexico opened its economy to the global market through trade … and investment liberalization. For the first decade following the liberalization, inequality and poverty among the self …
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Recently the depth and severity of extreme poverty in Nigeria has been alarming. And over the years, the government … undertook some poverty reduction policies with the aim of reducing, if not totally eradicating, poverty. These policies were … expected to at least raise the standard of living of Nigerians. The impact of these policies on alleviating poverty has been …
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. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …
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The study investigates whether economic growth in the Balkan countries was pro-poor in the most recent period. We also try to establish to what extent various measures of pro-poorness of economic growth produce consistent and comparable results. Firstly, concepts of pro-poor growth are defined...
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The objective of this study was to examine the role of social security in fighting poverty in Metlaoui, Tunisia, using …
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This article examines the causal relationship between foreign aid, poverty, and economic growth in 82 developing … relationship between economic growth and poverty; (b) a unidirectional causal relationship from economic growth to foreign aid; and … (c) unidirectional causality from poverty to foreign aid. In the long-run, the study found that (a) foreign aid tends to …
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Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations … attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing literature by assessing the conditional influence of poverty, income … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to …
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countries, and (b) workers' remittances help reduce poverty in Latin American countries. In recent decades, workers' remittances …' remittances on economic growth and poverty in 21 Latin American countries. The study uses annual data covering all Latin American … addition, we estimate the short-run and long-run effects of workers' remittances on economic growth and poverty on individual …
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