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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of trade and financial globalization on human development in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010) and a new indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). Design/methodology/approach - The estimation technique...
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reduce poverty and inequality in society that are essential prerequisites for supporting sustainable economic growth of … supports a reduction of poverty and income inequality in society. In particular, results here show that the critical role of … good governance for reducing inequality and poverty has a higher effect in countries with stable economies than emerging …
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This paper puts sub-Saharan Africa's economic development into perspective. While much did not go as hoped for at … growth, poverty, and human development indicators. We identify key weaknesses, including lack of structural transformation … and the slow rate of employment growth. We refer to global shocks that have played a critical role in sub-Saharan Africa …
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in 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The question it aims to answer is the following: what is …- Saharan Africa when initial levels of inclusive human development are taken into account? The empirical evidence is based on …
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Motivated by evidence that extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa …
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In the light of evidence that poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the World with the exception of Africa …, where about 45 percent of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) extreme … poverty target. Therefore, this study assesses whether increasing foreign aid improves inclusive human development. The …
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This study investigates how ameliorating gender inclusion affects sustainable development in Africa over the period … better pace for the attainment of sustainable development in Africa. The gender inclusion variable used is the females … in Africa and subsequently, adequate measures should be taken into consideration to boost gender inclusion such as …
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globalisation (EG) to foster inclusive green growth (IGG). First, the study finds that EG hampers IGG in Africa. Second, although …
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This study extents the literature on responses to a recent World Bank report on the African poverty tragedy by …
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