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Inequality thresholds, governance and gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 development agenda. The study provides critical masses of inequality that should not be exceeded if governance is to promote gender economic participation. The research focuses on 42...

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Linkages between formal Institutions, ICT adoption and inclusive human development in Sub Saharan Africa

Andrés, Antonio R.; Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S.; … - 2016

Using data for 49 African countries over the years spanning 2000-2012, and controlling for a wide range of factors, this study empirically assesses the effects of formal institutions on ICT adoption in developing countries. It deploys 2SLS and FE regression models, (a) to estimate what...

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Welfare spending and quality of growth in developing countries : a note on evidence from hopefuls, contenders and best performers

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

The transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shifted the policy debate from growth to 'quality of growth' (QG). We explore a new dataset on QG by the IMF and classify 93 developing countries for the period 1990-2011 in terms of Hopefuls,...

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Comparative determinants of quality of growth in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze - 2017

This study explores a new dataset in order to present the comparative determinants of growth quality in 93 developing countries for the period 1990-2011. We employ both cross-sectional and panel estimation techniques with contemporary and non-contemporary specifications. The determinants are...

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Is there any relationship between Environmental Quality Index, Human Development Index and Economic Growth? Evidences from Indian States

Mukherjee, Sacchidananda; Chakraborty, Debashis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Economic growth does not necessarily ensure environmental sustainability for a country. The relationship between the two is far more complicated for developing countries like India, given the dependence of a large section of the population on natural resources. Under this backdrop, the current...

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Quality of Growth Empirics : Comparative Gaps, Benchmarking and Policy Syndromes

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

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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Poverty Goals

Campo, Juan Carlos Chavez-Martin del - In: EconoQuantum, Revista de Economia y Negocios 4 (2008) 2, pp. 27-34

Este articulo propone una metodologia para estimar el tiempo y la tasa de crecimiento necesarios para alcanzar un objetivo de pobreza, dada una serie de distribuciones del ingreso y escenarios de crecimiento contrafactuales. La metodologia se puede aplicar a la mayoria de las medidas de pobreza...

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Halving poverty in Mexico

Campo, Juan Carlos Chávez-Martín del; Gómez, Manuel - In: Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA XVIII (2009) 1, pp. 107-121

We estimate the required time and the minimum necessary growth rate to halve poverty incidence and poverty intensity in …– than they have done historically to shrink poverty by half by 2015. In contrast, income in the urban sector would have to …

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Poverty Reduction Through Long-term Growth: The Thai Experience

Warr, Peter - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008

higher productivity sectors. TFP at the sectoral level has been important only in agriculture. Poverty has declined … remarkably over time despite a long-term increase in income inequality. The short-term rate of decline in poverty incidence has …

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When is Economic Growth Pro-Poor? Evidence from Tunisia

Bibi, Sami - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2005

Many empirical studies have shown that economic growth generally leads to a drop in poverty. These studies have also … pointed out that a given growth rate is compatible with a large range of outcomes in terms of poverty reduction. This means … that growth is more pro-poor in certain cases than in others. Using complete and partial poverty orderings, this paper …

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