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The Devil is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
Clementi, F. - 2018
-Saharan Africa; these changes went undetected by standard inequality measures. By developing a new decomposition technique based on a …
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Women Left Behind? Poverty and Headship in Africa
Milazzo, Annamaria - 2017
This paper is motivated by two stylized facts about poverty in Africa: female-headed households tend to be poorer, and … fared? And what role have they played in Africa's impressive recent aggregate growth and poverty reduction? Using data … product has dampened rising female headship. However, other subtle transformations occurring across Africa?changes in marriage …
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How Significant is Africa's Demographic Dividend for its Future Growth and Poverty Reduction?
Ahmed, S. Amer - 2017
Africa will be undergoing substantial demographic changes in the coming decades with the rising working age share of … catch up to other developing countries. If the skill share of Africa's labor supply doubles because of improvements in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972402
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Simulating the future of the Swedish baby-boom generations
Klevmarken, N. Anders; Bolin, Kristian; Eklöf, Matias; … - 2007
For the purpose of studying the consequences of the ageing of the Swedish population a group of scientists have enlarged the microsimulation model SESIM - originally developed at the Swedish Ministry of Finance - with modules that simulate health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement,...
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Niger : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund / African Dept - 2013
Niger understands the need to adopt a long-term strategy capable of optimizing natural and human resources to promote sustainable economic and social development and inclusive growth. The government has renewed planning efforts in the preparation of three principal strategic documents. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409413
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Mali : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund / African Dept - 2013
Mali's territorial integrity is threatened, questioning its internal capacity to face challenges and especially to ensure the physical safety of goods and individuals. The government is committed to implement all measures to overcome this situation. More specifically, it will increase political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409414
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Mali : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report
International Monetary Fund / African Dept - 2014
This paper reviews Mali's 2012-2017 Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper. Mali's GDP was CFAF 1,741.89 billion in 2012; real growth was ?1.2 percent, that is, excluding inflation (2.7 percent in 2011). The decline of 3.9 points in growth between 2011 and 2012 was finally stemmed, despite the...
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Social Transfers, Labor Supply and Poverty Reduction : The Case of Albania
Dabalen, Andrew - 2020
pensions are not significantly different from their matched comparators in reference to the same set of outcomes. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746259
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The Developing World is Poorer than We Thought, But No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty
Chen, Shaohua - 2017
20 percent over this period. By contrast it stayed at around 50 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa, though with signs of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746763
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Conditional Cash Transfers, Adult Work Incentives, and Poverty
Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2017
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate poverty through monetary and in-kind benefits, as well as reduce future levels of poverty by encouraging investments in education, health, and nutrition. The success of CCT programs at reducing poverty depends on whether, and the extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746856