Essays about: "global Income Inequality"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 essays containing the words global Income Inequality.

1. 6. Global Income Inequality and the World Bank - The Depoliticization of Inequality

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Bergling Sidenros; [2022]
   Keywords : The World Bank; neoliberalism; global inequality; depoliticization; meritocracy; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This dissertation tackles contemporary optimism regarding global income inequality trends from a critical perspective. It looks at the World Bank's influential report on global inequality from 2016, and investigates whether the World Bank's objective notion of themselves is plausible. READ MORE

3. 7. The Impact of Trade Openness to Structural Transformation and Inequality: The Case of Indonesia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sharmila Erizaputri; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite achieving sustained growth for the past two decades, Indonesia is still regarded as a moderately high-inequality country. One of the most plausible explanations in the changing pattern of its structural transformation, which could be caused as a result of increasing global integration in Indonesia. READ MORE

4. 8. The FinTech-driven Approach to Financial Inclusion: A cross-sectional study of how Financial Inclusion furthers Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Hadijatou Inoussa; [2021]
   Keywords : Financial Inclusion; Fintech; Sustainable Development; Inequality; Economic growth; Sub-saharan Africa; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development acknowledges the essential role of financial inclusion in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reducing inequality. African countries have made substantial progress in economic development and financial inclusion over the last two decades, yet there is still considerable need for further development. READ MORE

5. 9. Mind the gap - save lives? : A regression analysis examining how economic inequality affects violent crime, with a special focus on Latin America

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Tybrandt; [2020]
   Keywords : Economic inequality; violent crime; income inequality; homicide; Latin America;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study the relationship between economic inequality and violent crime, primarily on a global level but additionally with a special focus on Latin America. Three different regression models are used; a multiple linear regression model with cross- national data on a global level, and a multiple linear regression model with panel data as well as a fixed effects regression model with panel data for Latin America. READ MORE

6. 10. Foreign Direct Investment and Gender Inequalities in Labour Force Participation in African Countries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Nadab Abraha; [2020]
   Keywords : FDI; gender inequality; labour force participation; trade; economic growth; income inequality and education; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has been described as a mechanism to promote employment. Recent research suggests that FDI could even impact gender inequalities in labour force participation. READ MORE