The results unveil that the impact of urbanization on income inequality is positive and significant, meaning that increase in urbanization exacerbates income inequality in Africa. However, the results show that the improvement of governance quality could contribute to improve income distribution in urban ...
Across the globe, a rise in income inequality has been experienced for the last two decades, particularly in developing countries. This problem of income inequality poses a challenge to Africa’s ability to attain the United Nations (UN) Sustainment Deve
Does tourism development matter in reducing income inequality in Africa’s Indian Ocean Island countries?. SN Bus Econ 5, 7 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-024-00769-5 Download citation Received05 May 2024 Accepted20 November 2024 Published16 December 2024 DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/...
NAIROBI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Thursday called for deploying prudent fiscal policy in order to tackle income inequality in Africa. Henry Rotich, cabinet secretary of the National Treasury, told at a forum in Nairobi that while advanced economies have had a long history of using fiscal...
Article Open access 31 January 2024 Financial development and income inequality in Africa Article Open access 08 June 2023 Introduction The central question in the inclusion-development literature in recent times is whether financial inclusion (FI) can enhance human development (HD)—a topic that ...
The countries with the greatest income inequality are South Africa, Namibia, Columbia, Eswatini, and Hong Kong. The Bottom Line History can be a helpful guide to the present. Far from accepting the current economic situation as inevitable, a brief history ofincome inequality in the U.S.is ev...
The latest available data from theWorld Bankshows South Africa reporting one of the highest income inequality dispersions with a Gini Index level of 63.0. The United States has a Gini Index level of 39.8. The Slovak Republic has the World Bank’s lowest Gini Index reading at 24.1.6 ...
Income inequality within smallholder irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33, (5) 770-787. doi:10.1080/07900627.2016. 1152461Manero, A. Income inequality within smallholder irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int. J. Water Resour. Dev....
Regional integrationIncome InequalitySpatial autoregression (SAR)Asymmetric efficiency spilloversAfricaStudies that have analyzed the efficiency of developing countries have estimated non-spatial frontier models. We extend this approach by accounting for spatial...
Existing studies have shown that income inequality remains a core determinant of population health. These findings are in line with the Income Inequality-Health Hypothesis (IIHH). However, this assertion remains unclear for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), despite the rising trend of income disparity in ...