Essays about: "Jeffrey Sachs"
Found 5 essays containing the words Jeffrey Sachs.
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1. The Vicious Circle of Social Exclusion : A qualitative study on poverty alleviation in Rwanda
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : In the discourse of poverty, there is no scientific consensus on how to measure poverty. In the theory of social exclusion, analyzing poverty goes beyond traditional economic measures of poverty. The theory of social exclusion implies that there is a downward spiral of multidimensional deprivation, creating a vicious circle of social exclusion. READ MORE
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2. Institutions, Interventions, and Economic Growth: Issues of Relevance and Measurement
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : This work derives from the debates on economic development – the relation between the institutions and economic growth, the importance and the boundaries of the institutional, the economic ‘receipts’ on reforms and policies, such as the ‘Washington consensus’. While some scholars support the idea of the importance of the institutions for the economic growth, other distrust it, or at least reflect on the question which institutions ‘matter’ more, and what can be the metrics here, proposing, for example, to measure the ‘elasticity of the institutions. READ MORE
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3. Voodoo Child
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In this paper I examine the reasons on why some poor countries seem to achieve economic growth, while some others do not. Can we decide which country that will succeed beforehand, or is it simply a matter of policy? I take my starting point in the economist Jeffrey D. READ MORE
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4. Is poverty an obstacle for economic growth? A dynamic panel data approach
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Despite global modern economic growth, most countries remained stuck in persistent poverty. Jeffrey Sachs suggested considering poverty itself as the explanation for persistent levels of poverty and low growth. The theory is based on the existence of poverty traps, which keep families and countries caught in poverty. READ MORE
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5. Foreign aid : an elite survey
University essay from IHH, StatsvetenskapAbstract : The inability of foreign aid to generate an appropriate model for development and the complexities related to Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the “Third World” are what initiated my interest to write about foreign aid. In this study I seek to further elabo-rate on this complex issue on foreign aid; does it lead to development or dependency? Within the debate, the controversy exists around aid dependency and economic growth and is fuelled by the fact that Sub-Saharan Africa has barely achieved any poverty reduction since the 1960´s. READ MORE
