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Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … surveys conducted over the past decade in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam, we find encouraging …
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Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … surveys conducted over the past decade in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam, we find encouraging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582221
spread in happiness in the nation, also called ‘inequality in happiness’. Inequality in happiness in nations can be measured … artifact of variation in level of happiness and appear quite constant through time. Inequality in happiness appears to be … nations. Contrary to expectation, inequality in happiness appears to be more closely linked to social equality among rich …
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Our rigorous quantitative results, based on the first systematic use of the Muslim community data contained in the "European Social Survey" (ESS), compatible with much of the rest of current European political economic thinking regarding the future alternatives for the European Union, and...
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rising average attendance, while inequality in completion rates or schooling years increases with rising completion rates or … initial inequality in education. At the regional level, educational progress was generally more pro-poor in Asia and Latin … America, while in Africa the experience is very heterogeneous. While gender inequality has decreased slightly, large …
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strong relationship between economic freedom, poverty reduction and income inequality. Results reveal that larger the … business freedom and / or trade freedom, greater the economic growth. This will ultimately reduce poverty in the country. …
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In this paper, we analyze how the distribution of selected non-income welfare indicators changed between 1997 and 2003 in Colombia. We use multidimensional propoor growth measurement techniques and create indices for assets, health, education, and subjective welfare using two alternative...
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the lowest percentile as compared to other countries. The dimensions of pro-poor growth, which include poverty, inequality … that there is a strong relationship between good governance and reduction in poverty and inequality. It is concluded that …-poor policies, which ultimately reduce poverty and inequality in the long run. To face the challenge of good governance, Pakistan …
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the lowest percentile as compared to other countries. The dimensions of pro-poor growth, which include poverty, inequality … that there is a strong relationship between good governance and reduction in poverty and inequality. It is concluded that …-poor policies, which ultimately reduce poverty and inequality in the long run. To face the challenge of good governance, Pakistan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365047