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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Thorbecke, Erik - 2014
growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears … process. Two alternatives development strategies are described: pro-poor growth and pro-growth poverty reduction. The finding … that high initial poverty incidence acts as a deterrent to subsequent growth is confronted with micro evidence from rural …
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Poverty, inequality and labor markets in Africa : a descriptive overview
Bhorat, Haroon - In: Growth and development in Africa, (pp. 77-104). 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003997026
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Looking at pro-poor growth from an agricultural perspective
Klasen, Stephan; Reimers, Malte - 2016
Pro-poor growth has been identified as one of the most promising pathways to accelerate poverty reduction in developing … that take into account the extraordinary importance of agricultural productivity for poverty reduction in developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455218
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The relationship between inclusive growth, inequality and poverty in Africa
Amar, Mohamed Ben; Zghidi, Nahed - In: Theoretical and applied economics : GAER review 23 (2016) 2, pp. 117-126
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Towards building shared prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa : how does the effect of economic integration compare to social equity policies?
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi - 2021
The debate on the need for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to foster inclusive growth has intensified following the coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. A conspicuous lacuna in the literature is a lack of...
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Looking at pro-poor growth from an agricultural perspective
Klasen, Stephan; Reimers, Malte - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 90 (2017), pp. 147-168
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750232
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Financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Sarpong, Bernard; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
This paper empirically examines the quantitative relationship between financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa using a panel of 46 countries for the period 2004–2018. The evidence suggests that usage of financial services, among other covariates, has a quantifiable and...
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The role of mobile money innovations in the effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2023
This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and … severity of poverty in 42 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1980 to 2019. Mobile money innovations are understood … Gini index. Poverty is measured as the poverty headcount ratio while the severity of poverty is generated as the squared of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335582
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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth is : Geographic Targeting of World Bank Projects to the Bottom 40 Percent
Öhler, Hannes - 2017
The adoption of the shared prosperity goal by the World Bank in 2013 and Sustainable Development Goal 10, on inequality, by the United Nations in 2015 should strengthen the focus of development interventions and cooperation on the income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution...
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Putting your money where your mouth is : geographic targeting of World Bank projects to the bottom 40 percent
Öhler, Hannes; Negre, Mario; Smets, Lodewijk; Massari, … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781369