Sökning: "Poverty-Reducing Policies"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Poverty-Reducing Policies.

  1. 1. The Effects of Growth and Inequality on Poverty in Honduras

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Martin Larsson; Sofie Sjöborg; [2010]
    Nyckelord :inequality-growth trade-off index; poverty elasticity of inequality; poverty elasticity of growth; poverty; Honduras; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies and identifies effects of income growth and income inequality on poverty in Honduras. A Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) was implemented in Honduras in 2001 with the goal to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Since carrying out of PRS, poverty and inequality has only decreased slightly and growth in income has been small. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Analysis of Rural Poverty in Ethiopia : regarding the three measurements of poverty

    Magister-uppsats, Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Mohammad Sepahvand; [2009]
    Nyckelord :Ethiopia; Poverty measurements; Foster-Greer-Thorbecke model; the headcount; the poverty gap and the squared poverty gap index;

    Sammanfattning : This paper analyses rural poverty in Ethiopia using the 1997 round of household survey data from the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey. Poverty measurements are estimated using a consumption based two-step procedure through the implementation of the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke model. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : Is Growth in Democracies More Pro-Poor than in Non-Democracies?

    Magister-uppsats, Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Johan Mesterton; [2006]
    Nyckelord :Growth; Poverty; Democracy; Inequality; Poverty-Reducing Policies;

    Sammanfattning : Economists today agree that growth is fundamental in reducing poverty. But the strength of the relationship between the two has been debated, and there is a lack of satisfactory explanations to why the growth elasticity of poverty differs between countries. LÄS MER