Does inequality constrain poverty reduction programs? Evidence from Africa ☆

By A. Fosu. 2010

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Foreign Aid and Inclusive Development: Updated Evidence from Africa, 2005-2012 (2017, unknown): “…to support the policy recommendation: “The study finds that the responsiveness of poverty to income is a decreasing function of inequality” (Fosu, 2010c, p. 818); “The responsiveness of poverty to income is a decreasing function of inequality, and the inequality elasticity of poverty is…”
Inequality, ICT and financial access in Africa (2019, background): “The connection between the main highlighted terms or concepts is that the response of poverty to growth is a decreasing function of inequality (Fosu 2010a, 2010b).”
Reinventing Foreign Aid for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Kuznets, Piketty and the Great Policy Reversal (2016, unknown): “…in the fight against poverty, inter alia: “The study finds that the responsiveness of poverty to income is a decreasing function of inequality” (Fosu, 2010b, p. 818); “The responsiveness of poverty to income is a decreasing function of inequality, and the inequality elasticity of poverty…”
Poverty and economic growth: a review (2016, background): “Fosu (2010) presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality.”
Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context (2015, methodology): “To further underscore the crucial role played by inequality in the poverty–growth relationship, Fosu (2008, 2009, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c) has recently derived and estimated analysis-of-covariance and other interactive models.”