Essays about: "Pro-poor growth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Pro-poor growth.

1. 1. FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONS AND POVERTY REDUCTION : AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU; Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : OMOTOLA KEHINDE FASHINA; [2022]
   Keywords : Financial Development; Institutions; Poverty; Sub-Saharan African; Fixed Effects;

   Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between financial development and poverty fora sample of SSA countries while taking into account an interaction effect between thefinancial sector and the institutional framework, which is thought to be causing someomitted variable bias in previous studies. The study covers the period 2000–2019. READ MORE

3. 2. Poverty and Inequality Reduction in the Case of Bolivia: What Has Impacted the Reduction during Evo Morales's Administration Period?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Alisa Buchstab; [2020]
   Keywords : Pro-poor growth; poverty; inequality; social spending; Bolivia; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Bolivia has experienced a drastic decline in inequality and poverty since 2000. It coincided with the administrative period of Evo Morales between 2006 and 2019. Hence, it is debated whether poverty reduction was mainly driven by economic growth alongside the commodity boom in the 2000s or by policy implementations during Morales’s presidency. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. The role of social capital in resilience against poverty

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Yoeri Dijkhof; [2019]
   Keywords : social capital; social trust; institutional trust; absolute poverty; pro-poor growth; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis captures the effect of social capital measured as social and institutional trust on a reduction of absolute poverty. The indicators of social capital are captured through the construction of a database of subjective well-being measures. READ MORE

6. 5. Income Inequality, In-Kind Benefits and Economic Growth: Studied Using a Modified Gini Index

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Elias Wennberg; [2016]
   Keywords : Income Inequality; In-Kind Benefits; Growth; MGINI; Gini; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : A negative long-run relationship between inequality and growth has been found for a variety of inequality measures, but as these measures invariably ignore the pro-poor effect of in-kind redistribution, one may question the reliability of previous studies’ inequality-growth estimates. In this paper, I incorporate in-kind benefits into the Gini index and present new estimates of the inequality-growth impact for the period 1980―2007, in what is believed to be the first inequality-growth study of its kind. READ MORE