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. Nowadays, Kenya faces high levels of poverty and inequality: 36 percent of the population live below the poverty line and the … reduce poverty and promote income equality in Kenya. Using econometric models we show the effect of consumption taxes on …'No Poverty' and 'Reduced Inequalities' are two out of the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations …
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This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very … income, inequality and poverty over time, and to explain why they evolved in the way they did. We relate changes in … inequality and poverty to changes in factor endowments and changes in economic and employment structures. We also provide some …
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We use Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in … national poverty rising from 56.3 per cent in 2001 to 59.6 per cent in 2005, and to 61.4 per cent in 2010, are not necessarily … indicative of a trend of persistently rising poverty. Complementary data indicate that in the time periods between the shocks …
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poverty and inequality. We find that the epidemic lowers average income and increases poverty, and that the jump in poverty is … larger than expected from the fall in average income. This disproportionate increase in poverty reflects the large share of … the population living on the threshold of poverty and the higher HIV prevalence rates in those segments of the population …
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In this study, we assess the inclusiveness of growth by tracking the yearly percentage change in the household consumption of individuals over different growth spells in Cameroon, Senegal, and Tanzania. With cross-sectional data, we track the consumption of groups of individuals that share...
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, the results do not support the feminization of poverty hypothesis in Kenya. Factors that have bridged the gender poverty …Gender poverty differences in households are likely to affect female-headed households more than male-headed households …. This paper examined the evolution of the gender poverty rate gap and identified the factors that underlie differences in …
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poverty over the period, and what poverty reduction there has been has mostly occurred in Dar es Salaam. Indicators of non …-monetary poverty have gradually improved over the past 20 years but significant differences across the country remain. …
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consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this period, showing improvements in almost all indicators over this …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …
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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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Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s … agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in measured consumption poverty. We expect progress in poverty reduction to …
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