Income inequality and poverty: Some problems. The Review of Income and Wealth, volume 27(2), 207-210, 1981.Thon, D. "Income Inequality and Poverty: Some Problems." The review of Income and Wealth, 1981, 27(2), pp. 207-10.Thon, D. (1981). Income inequality and poverty; some ...
This paper examines the development of poverty and income inequality in Pakistan during the 1970s and decomposes this inequality into various components in order to identify the location of increasing inequality. The figures show that poverty decreased by about 50%. Not only has the percentage of ...
The global community has been confronted with rising income inequality, in particular, for those least developed countries (LDCs), since the same level of inequality as in advanced countries would push many LDCs into abject poverty. This paper focuses on income inequality in developing countries, pa...
Policy and research initiatives must focus on involuntary exclusion, as it can be addressed by appropriate economic programs and policies designed to increase income levels and correct market failures and imperfections. 展开 关键词: financial inclusion developing Asia poverty income inequality ...
statistical and econometric methods, to identify the long-run impacts of energy subsidy reform in the Malaysian economy, especially on poverty and income inequality across four Malaysian ethnic groups, namely Malay, Chinese, Indian, Other in both rural and urban areas, and one noncitizen household....
The poverty rate in Malaysia has dropped tremendously, whereas income inequality has followed an upward and downward trend. Beginning 1957/58 until 1990, Malaysia has completed one cycle of Kuznets Inverted-U Hypothesis. However, since the 1990s income inequality is beginning to move upward again. ...
Financial inclusion has been gaining attention among scholars and it has been promoted as a key pillar for achieving most of the seventeen United Nations鈥Sustainable Development Goals. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of financial inclusion on poverty and income inequality in ...
Income sources, inequality and poverty among rural households in Ibadan, Oyo state, NigeriaINTRODUCTIONAgriculture has always been considered as the mainstay of the rural economy in Nigeria. The subsistent farmers who toil hard on the fragile tropical soils are the backbone of this agriculture- ...
inequalityNew Economic PolicyThe objective of this paper is to examine the changes in Malaysian income distribution during the last three and a half decades and the reasons for the changes. It was found that the Gini ratio for Malaysia peaked in 1976 and fell thereafter to 1990. However, ...
This paper analyses poverty and income inequality among farm households in rural Nigeria. The incidence of poverty was highest (65.70 per cent) among Remittance Income Earners (RIEs) followed by other sources of income (58.0 per cent). It was lowest (34.1 per cent) among Non-farm Income ...