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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015? The Case for a Pro-Poor Growth Strategy
- 2005
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study uses simulations to explore the possibility of halving the percentage of people living in extreme poverty in Africa by 2015. A pro-poor growth-scenario and a constant-inequality scenario are compared. It is shown that initial levels of inequality and mean per capita income determine the cumulative growth and inequalityreduction required to achieve the target. The trade-off between growth and inequality varies greatly among countries and their policy-choices are thus quite different. In some cases small changes in income-distribution can have a large effect on poverty, while in others a strong focus on growth is the only viable option.
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Dynamics of Poverty in Ethiopia
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper addresses issues related to the dynamics of income poverty using unique household panel data for urban and rural areas of Ethiopia covering the period 1994-97. The percentage of households that remained in poverty was twice as large in urban areas as in rural areas. This suggests that income variability is a serious problem in rural areas, while the persistence is a key feature of urban poverty. The paper also discusses household characteristics that are correlated with the incidence of chronic poverty as well as vulnerability to poverty. A strategy that promotes consumption smoothing through say access to credit can work well in rural areas, while income or employment generation are required for poverty alleviation in urban areas.
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys
- 2002
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The paper investigates the poverty impact of growth in Ethiopia by analysing panel data covering the period 1994 to 1997, a period of economic recovery driven by good weather, peace, and much improved macro economic management. Unlike most developing countries, urban and rural poverty in Ethiopia are not significantly different from each other. The analysis of the structure of poverty shows asset ownership, education, type of crops planted, dependency ratios, and location to be important determinants. Decomposition of changes in poverty into the growth and redistribution components indicates that potential poverty-reduction due to the increase in real per capita income was to some extent counteracted by worsening income distribution. The implications of the results for a pro-poor policy are discussed.
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Growth, Distribution and Pro-Poor Growth: An overview
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Ingår i: Attacking Poverty: What makes growth pro-poor? Ed by M. Krakowski. - Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. - 3832906177 ; , s. 39-60
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Introduction
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Ingår i: Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia. - Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Labor Market Integration in Urban Ethiopia, 1994-2004
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Ingår i: Economic development and cultural change. - 0013-0079. ; 61:4, s. 889-931
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An analysis of panel data on individuals in a random selection of urban households in Ethiopia reveals large, sustained, and unexplained earnings gaps between public and private and formal and informal sectors over 1994–2004. At the same time, we find, first, that the rate of mobility increased in the two pairs of sectors. Sample transitions rates grew across survey waves, while state dependence in sector choice decreased. Second, the correlation between sector choice and earnings gaps increased over the same period. In particular, the correlation between comparative earnings and selection into the informal sector was high throughout the survey decade and increased in magnitude over the second half of the period. These results suggest that Ethiopia’s urban labor markets might be integrating.
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- Bigsten, Arne, 1947, et al.
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Overview of the Economy
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Ingår i: Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia. - Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
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