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The conventional wisdom that Africa is not reducing poverty is wrong. Using the methodology of Pinkovskiy and Sala-i-Martin (2009), we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality and welfare indices for African countries for the period 1970-2006. We show that: (1) African...
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The conventional wisdom that Africa is not reducing poverty is wrong. Using the methodology of Pinkovskiy and Sala-i-Martin (2009), we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality and welfare indices for African countries for the period 1970-2006. We show that: (1) African...
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person in the world. We then estimate the gaussian kernel density function for the worldwide distribution of income. We … compute world poverty rates by integrating the density function below the poverty lines. The $1/day poverty rate has fallen …
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person in the world. We then estimate the gaussian kernel density function for the worldwide distribution of income. We … compute world poverty rates by integrating the density function below the poverty lines. The $1/day poverty rate has fallen …
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person in the world. We then estimate the gaussian kernel density function for the worldwide distribution of income. We … compute world poverty rates by integrating the density function below the poverty lines. The $1/day poverty rate has fallen …
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