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  1. 6. 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. 7. trade and poverty: the case of Iran

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini Pozveh; [2010]
    Nyckelord :Export; Import; Johansen cointegration test and vector error correction model; Welfare; Poverty; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract: Using the vector error correction model, the relationship between trade and poverty is examined in this thesis. We have run eight models for two measures of poverty and mean per capita expenditure for six groups of expenditure in Iran from 1984 to 2005. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Vilka fattiga är fattigast? : fattigdomsfokusering av det svenska frivilligorganisations-biståndet jämfört med det totala svenska biståndet

    Kandidat-uppsats, Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Jonas Pålsson; Johanna Ekblom; [2009]
    Nyckelord :Biståndsallokering; ODA; frivilligorganisationer; ramorganisationer; fattigdom; poverty headcount; ginikoefficienten; Sverige; millenniemål;

    Sammanfattning :   This paper discusses whether the allocation of Swedish aid is dependent on absolute or relative poverty, and whether there is any difference in this respect between ODA and aid distributed through officially funded NGO’s. Given the Millennium Development Goals, and their overarching goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015, we should expect the aid allocation to be determined by absolute rather than relative poverty. LÄS MER

  5. 9. 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

  7. 10. Poverty Reduction In Brazil : A case study of whether growth has been pro poor

    Kandidat-uppsats, IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Författare :Mathilda Schönbeck; Karin Henriksson; [2007]
    Nyckelord :Pro poor; poverty reduction; dualistic sectors;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis will focus on how growth in GDP has been allocated among the people in Brazil, during the years of 1976 and 2003. Moreover poverty and inequalities are investigated along with poverty reduction, thus if growth has been pro poor will be presented. The study analyse if growth has benefited the poorest part of the population in Brazil. LÄS MER