Essays about: "Period Poverty"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 79 essays containing the words Period Poverty.

1. 11. Effects of Energy Poverty

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Obiekwe Edwin Anaso; [2022]
   Keywords : Energy Poverty; Ecological Footprint; Sustainability; Rewable Energy; Economic Development;

   Abstract : This study examined the relationship between energy poverty and environmental quality using panel data of 9 ECOWAS nations for the period of 2000 to 2020. The study adopted cross-sectional Augmented Im, Pesaran, and Shinpanel unit root test and the panel non-linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag techniques as analytical tools with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as control variables. READ MORE

3. 12. 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

4. 13. Does reporting on involvement in poverty alleviation affect the cost of equity? - Empirical evidence based on listed companies in Sweden

   University essay from

   Author : Cornelia Lindstad; Isabelle Österberg; [2021-01-28]
   Keywords : Fama-French; Cost of Equity; Poverty; CSR; Swedish Stock Market;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to conclude whether there is a difference in the effect on the cost of equity between companies involved in targeted poverty alleviation and companies that are not involved. Previous research indicates that increased transparency and sustainability reporting have a positive effect on the cost of equity and therefore this study aims to add research in this area. READ MORE

5. 14. Regional Poverty Dynamics in Peru: The Role of Growth and Inequality Recent Evidence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Raisa Maria Rubio Cordova; [2021]
   Keywords : poverty; growth; inequality; Peru; informality.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the last decades Peru experienced an unprecedented reduction in poverty amid a strong and sustainable economic rebound following structural reforms introduced in the 1990s which paralleled a downtrend in income inequality. Using microdata from the National Survey of Households (ENAHO) this study formally tests the simultaneous role of growth and inequality on poverty outcomes from 2007 to 2019. READ MORE

6. 15. Theorizing the External Actorness of the European Union in Global Development Governance : The Case of Aid Effectiveness in Post-Cotonou Development Policy

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Maria Ioannou-Naoum; [2021]
   Keywords : global development governance; aid effectiveness; EU actorness; Social Constructivism; Role Theory; norms; poverty eradication; foreign policy; development policy.;

   Abstract : The European Union (EU) is the world’s leading development donor, playing a pivotal role in shaping development norms. This paper aims to investigate the extent to which the EU has been effective in its external aid actorness towards global poverty eradication during the post-Cotonou negotiation period (2000-2020). READ MORE