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, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that …
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the cross-country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty across a sample of …-country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty, the paper sets up a theoretical framework. Subsequently, the explanatory power of … business regulations and trade openness are important determinants of the growth elasticity of poverty. Countries that reduce …
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The central objective of our paper is to empirically examine the relationship between financial development and income inequality. Theoretically, there are grounds for both a positive and negative relationship between the two variables. Our main finding is that financial development contributes...
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We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … findings are established. First, the increased use of mobile phones to pay bills is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in ….646 and 0.761. Second, the increased use of mobile phones to send/receive money is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in …
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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 … used to receive/send money’ have an appealing role in promoting inclusive development in all poverty distributions, with ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …
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The goal of this paper is to examine the impact of human rights on income distribution and poverty by exploring how … both aid and trade can influence poverty and income distribution through human rights. The analysis employs data for 125 … equality and poverty reduction. The interaction of human rights with official development assistance and trade flows shows that …
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. -- income instability ; poverty ; inequality ; economic growth ; growth elasticity of poverty ; poverty trap …, is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate … of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the microeconomic level. Testing a model of poverty change on a panel …
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Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …
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mobile banking and inclusive development (quality of growth, inequality and poverty) among individuals in 93 developing … development, namely: quality of growth, inequality and poverty. As a main policy implication, encouraging mobile banking … applications would play a substantial role in responding to the challenges of immiserizing growth, inequality and poverty in …
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addressed in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) along with growth and poverty. Though the intertwined relationship among … growth, poverty and inequality has already been hypothesized by Kuznets (1955), it is still questioned by many other scholars …. To reveal the relationship among growth, poverty and inequality in the aftermath of MDGs’ failures for better …
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