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exceptions. A survey of empirical literature suggests that prevalence and persistence of gender inequality are often caused and … reinforced by interlinked cultural, social, and economic factors. Empirical evidence also suggests that gender inequality is …
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We show that ethnic distances can explain the ethnic inequalities in child mortality rates in Africa. Using individual level micro data from DHS surveys for fourteen Sub-Saharan African countries combined with a novel high resolution dataset on the spatial distribution of ethnic groups we show...
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The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated against (employment, education and access to health care) in developing countries and on the impact that gender inequalities have on development. The first chapter investigates...
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countries, Egypt's overall fiscal policy placed it in the median of the distribution of inequality reduction. Fiscal policies in … Egypt also led to a decrease in poverty, mostly from the flagship Tamween program. Poverty and inequality could be reduced … Republic of Egypt. Using a broadly applied methodology, a fiscal incidence analysis is conducted using survey and government …
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, such as parental education, socioeconomic background and place of birth. In Egypt, inequality of opportunity in learning … that more than a quarter of learning outcome inequality is attributable to circumstances beyond the control of a student …
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combination, on GDP and inequality. We focus on three dimensions of financial inclusion: access (determined by the size of …, and Egypt). The results suggest that alleviating different financial frictions have a differential impact across countries …, GDP, inequality, and the distribution of gains and losses …
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The previous decade in Egypt was marked by major internal and external shocks that have surely had severe implications … twofold. The first is to provide a detailed description of the methodology that has been applied in Egypt in estimating …
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