Essays about: "income inequality and poverty"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 essays containing the words income inequality and poverty.
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1. How do Social Enterprises transform Education Inequality in Developing Countries?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Education inequality continues to be a barrier to social progress and reinforces the cycle of poverty. That is best visible in developing countries- where resources dedicated to education are not optimal and traditional approaches to reduce education inequality have proven to be ineffective, if there are any at all, due to resource limitations, bureaucratic barriers, and systemic complexities. READ MORE
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2. Border Carbon Adjustment and Inequality: Distributional Equity Concerns About the EU CBAM's Impacts in South Africa
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Border carbon adjustment (BCA) policies are increasingly discussed as an instrument to avoid carbon leakage; however, their social implications are not well understood. Nevertheless, the EU introduced its CBAM, which will take effect in 2026. READ MORE
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3. Regional Poverty Dynamics in Peru: The Role of Growth and Inequality Recent Evidence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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4. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE
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5. Inequality, Poverty, and Economic Shrinking: A Study of Developing Countries, 1974-2006
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Recent research suggests that it is the decline in the frequency of ‘shrinking’ episodes, and not higher growth rates, that are more important for long-term development. A growing body of literature also focuses on how income inequality and poverty affect economic growth rates, with a consensus emerging about their negative impacts. READ MORE
