This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily two factors: indirect … taxes (value-added taxes and import duties) and direct fiscal transfers. Although the richest people in Mali and Niger pay …

With a surface area of 1,267,000 square kilometres, Niger is a vast Sahelian country located in the south of the Sahara … growing crops and raising livestock, with over 80 per cent of the population working in this sector. In Niger, agriculture is …

beneficiaries of a multiyear government cash transfer program in rural Niger are better able to mitigate the welfare effects of …

This study employs the logistic regression method to examine the effect of financial inclusion on the level of poverty … in Niger State of Nigeria based on cross-sectional data randomly collected from 624 respondents across 224 towns and … the level of poverty. This empirical outcome is further validated by the results of the Probit regression technique which …

growth and poverty reduction in Niger. This paper--a product of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management 3, Africa Technical …"The authors apply the dynamic macroeconomic framework developed by Agnor, Bayraktar, and El Aynaoui (2004) to Niger … authors assess the impact of policy shocks on poverty by using partial growth elasticities. They perform various policy …