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Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys
(2002)
The paper investigates the poverty impact of growth in Ethiopia by analysing panel data covering the period 1994 to 1997, a period of economic recovery driven by
good weather, peace, and much improved macro economic ...
Renewed Growth and Poverty Reduction in Zambia
(2009-12-21)
The Zambian economy has grown relatively fast over the last decade up to the current global financial crisis. This paper discusses the challenge of using these growing resources effectively to improve the welfare of the ...
Informality, Ethnicity and Productivity Evidence from Small Manufacturers in Kenya
(2000)
A rapidly increasing share of firms in Kenya consists of not only small but also informal establishments. This paper investigates the role of ethnicity and other factors in the
choice of formality status at start-up. ...
Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review
(2000)
This paper reviews the recent literature dealing with the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. This generally fails to find any systematic pattern of change in income distribution during ...
Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific Revival
(2003)
This paper reviews evidence on the evolution of international economic
integration of Asia-Pacific countries, and discusses the extent to which this explains
their recent growth success. It starts with a review of some ...
The persistence of urban poverty in Ethiopia: A tale of two measurements
(2008-01-08)
This paper investigates dynamics of poverty in urban Ethiopia using both
subjective and objective definitions of poverty. The two sets of estimates of
persistence and recurrence of poverty are similar, suggesting that ...
Trade Reform and Wage Inequality in Kenya, 1964-2000
(2004)
This paper analyses the evolution of wage inequality in Kenya between 1964 and 2000. Our measure of wage inequality is the ratio of wages in manufacturing to wages in agriculture, which can be seen as an indicator of ...
Is Globalisation Good for Africa?
(2002)
Globalisation or market integration in Sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked
to the structural adjustment programmes. In this paper we focus on their dependence
on politics and institutional characteristics of the countries ...
Trade Union Membership and Earnings in Kenyan Manufacturing Firms
(2001)
This paper analyses the effect of trade unions on earnings in Kenyan manufacturing using a switching regression model, which takes into account endogeneity of union status of workers. In contrast to earlier studies of the ...
Openness and wage inequality in Kenya, 1964–2000
(Elsevier, 2006)
This paper analyses the evolution of wage inequality in Kenya between 1964 and 2000. Our measure of wage inequality is the ratio of wages in manufacturing to wages in agriculture, which can be seen as an indicator of ...