Economic growth, income inequality and poverty reduction : a regional comparative analysis

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dc.contributor.authorAgyemang, Eric
dc.contributor.supervisorDarku, Alexander B.
dc.contributor.supervisorRockerbie, Duane
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-30T16:48:34Z
dc.date.available2015-01-30T16:48:34Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThis study examines and compares the implications of economic growth on poverty and income inequality among 76 countries across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), South and East Asia (SEA), Latin American countries (LAC) and the OECD region for the period 1990 to 2010. The results using SYS-GMM estimator leads to some interesting findings. We find that economic growth has led to reduction in both income and human poverty levels in all developing regions. We also find that, economic growth translates into little poverty reduction in all the regions when income inequality is high than when it is low. The results also show that economic growth significantly reduced income inequality in SSA. However, growth led to increase in income inequality in LAC and the OCED region.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3635
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0501en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectdeveloping regionsen_US
dc.subjecteconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectincome inequalityen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.subjectSYS-GMM estimatoren_US
dc.titleEconomic growth, income inequality and poverty reduction : a regional comparative analysisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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