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– An experimental analysis
We analyse policymakers’ incentives to fight corruption under different institutional qualities. We find that ‘public officials’, even when non-corrupt, significantly distort anti-corruption institutions by choosing a lower detection probability when this probability applies to their own actions...
Taxation and Inequality in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Recent Experience of Latin America
Part of Journal Special Issue
Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development
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Poverty–growth elasticities are frequently calculated to provide insight into the inclusiveness of the growth process. Mathematically, the formula employed to calculate the growth elasticity of poverty leads to lower values for higher initial poverty rates, ceteris paribus. This paper discusses the...
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– Lessons from the recent experience of Latin America
This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries, focusing on the recent experience of Latin America. Although the tax system was regressive in the 1990s, tax changes promoted equality in the first decade of the 2000s. In...
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– An experimental analysis
We analyse policy makers’ incentives to fight corruption under different institutional qualities. We find that ‘public officials’, even when non-corrupt, significantly distort anti-corruption institutions by choosing a lower detection probability when this probability applies to their own actions...
Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country, has recorded high growth in recent years. Indeed, real GDP growth rate was 6.31 in 2014 (compared to the regional average of 4.35). Life expectancy has also increased (by 6.9 years since 1980) and so has mean years of schooling...
Book Chapter
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
– Snapshots in the Presence of Multiple Economy-Wide Shocks
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
– Shipping Around the Malthusian Trap
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
– Making Sense of Malawi's Poverty Puzzle
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
– Poverty Reduction over Thirty Years
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
– Welfare Improvements in a Changing Economic Landscape
From the book:
Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
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This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country's paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the...
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