Essays about: "Headcount Ratio"

Found 3 essays containing the words Headcount Ratio.

  1. 1. Bridging the Gap between Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: The case of Tanzania

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Twaha Said Mwakioja; [2021-08-04]
    Keywords : Tanzania; Monetary Poverty; Expenditure per Adult Equivalent; Expenditure Distribution; Poverty Line; Headcount Ratio; Gini Coefficients; Socioeconomic Factors; National Panel Survey;

    Abstract : Most of the developing countries have experienced impressive economic growth over two decades since 1990 with more than 50 percent poverty reduction whilst most of the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries are facing the challenge of little poverty reduction over this period, in which poverty on average has been reduced by 30 percent. Tanzania as part of SSA is facing the same, with poverty having declined by 31. READ MORE

  3. 2. What is the cost of ending extreme poverty? : A study estimating the amount of official development assistance per capita and year required to eradicate extreme poverty for all people in Nigeria by 2030

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Pauline Lövgren; [2019]
    Keywords : Nigeria; Official Development Assistance; Poverty; Sustainable Development Goals;

    Abstract : This paper aims to estimate how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) per capita and year is required to eradicate extreme poverty for all people in Nigeria by 2030 and hence achieve the first target of the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 1) in Nigeria. This is done with a method proposed by Kakwani and Son (2006) estimating headcount ratio, required growth rates, investment rates and ODA in order to achieve the first target of SDG 1. READ MORE

  4. 3. Comparing Microfinance and Education for Poverty Reduction – A Macro Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tobias Kienlein; [2016]
    Keywords : microfinance; poverty; poverty gap; education; country panel; comparison; fixed effects; random effects; instrumental variables; developing countries; macro perspective; development; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Better access to finance and higher education levels in a country are two major policy areas of governments and international development cooperation organisations for the goal of reducing poverty. Microfinance has become a popular instrument to facilitate access to finance, but comparative evidence on a macro scale is scarce. READ MORE