The study investigates the impact of business regulations, policies and institutions on welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa. The HDI and GDP per capita are used as measures of welfare or poverty. The World Bank doing business indicators are used as business regulatory measures and the Country Policy ...
The number of people lifted out of extreme poverty between 2023 and 2050 relative to the no-poverty-reduction scenario amounts to just more than 1 billion by 2050 (Extended Data Fig.2b). Of the 1 billion, 69% are in sub-Saharan Africa, 19% in South Asia and 5% in the Middle East a...
The purpose of this paper was to examine the impacts of population explosion, misery index, access to adequate sanitation and improved water supply, economic development and electricity consumption on poverty SDG for 20 Sub-Saharan African countries. The study employed annual secondary balanced panel ...
Gender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa The papers in this volume examine the links between gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. They contribute to a broader definition of poverty... CM[ Blackden,Q[ Wodon - 《World Bank Publications》 被引量: 205发表: 2006...
3b). Although extreme poverty and exposure to unsafe PM2.5 concentrations coincide most acutely in Sub-Saharan Africa, when considering higher poverty thresholds, exposure is also high in the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Latin America (Fig. 4). Fig. 4: Regional distribution of air ...
Entrepreneurship, with its focus on opportunities, is often seen as one of the cornerstones of poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, evidence for the positive impact of entrepreneurship programs on poverty is mixed and now widely debated. Therefore, scholars have called for a ...
The Pentecostal Gospel of Prosperity in African Contexts of Poverty: An Appraisal This paper discusses the paradox presented by two realities: the situation of extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and the rapid growth of charismatic Pen... L Togarasei - 《Exchange》 被引量: 23发表: 2011年 ...
Alleviating rural poverty in sub-Saharan Africa 来自 EconPapers 喜欢 0 阅读量: 35 作者: AAE Sherbini 摘要: One of the main causes of hunger in Africa is poverty — especially in rural areas. An analysis of the main profiles and dimensions of rural poverty is necessary to understand the ...
Additionally, remittances have income-equalizing effects. A well-functioning financial sector enhances remittances effectiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa. 展开 关键词: Inequality Poverty Finance Remittances DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2015.10.008 被引量: 10 ...
Using asset poverty measures to understand poverty dynamics, poverty traps and farmer behavior in sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on rural Ethiopia.Effective poverty reduction programs require careful measurement of poverty status. Commonly used ... Liverpool, Lenis Saweda. - University of Illinois at Ur...