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Aging and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions (Английский)
In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly. First, the burden on the elderly has enormously increased with the increase in mortality of prime age adults...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 32752 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand,Subbarao,Kalanidhi
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Ageing and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions (Английский)
In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly. First, the burden on the elderly has enormously increased with the increase in mortality of prime age adults...
Типу документа: Другие исследования проблем бедности Номер отчета: 32178 Дата подготовки документа: 1 марта 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand,Subbarao,Kalanidhi
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Income inequality, welfare, and poverty : an illustration using Ukranian data (Английский)
The Ukraine is now faced with economic crisis on an unprecedented scale. The government has to follow rigorous demand management policies, which entail lowering the population's standard of living. To...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS1411 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 1995 года Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Growth rates and aggregate welfare : an international comparison (Английский)
This paper explores the relationship between growth rates and changes in welfare, using alternative procedures for measuring growth. The Bank and other organizations often compute growth rates by fitting...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS647 Дата подготовки документа: 30 апреля 1991 года Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Poverty and economic growth : with application to Cote d'Ivoire (Английский)
This paper explores the relation between economic growth and poverty, and develops the methodology to measure separately the impact of changes in average inccome and income inequality on poverty. This...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: LSM63 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1990 года Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Large sample distribution of several inequality measures : with application to Cote d'Ivoire (Английский)
Several measures have been devised to analyze income or consumption distribution inequality. This paper presents the large sample distributions of several inequality measures that are used to test if the...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: LSM61 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 1990 года Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Testing for significance of poverty difference : with application to Cote d'Ivoire (Английский)
Several poverty indices have been suggested to measure the intensity of poverty suffered by those below the poverty line. Because the studies are estimated on the basis of sample observations, whether...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: LSM62 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 1990 года Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Income inequality and poverty : methods of estimation and policy applications (Английский)
In a closed economy, income is created in production with the aid of factors such as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Production takes place within different firms and government organizations...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 10092 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 1980 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Applications of Lorenz curves in economic analysis (Английский)
The Lorenz curve relates the cumulative proportion of income units to the cumulative proportion of income received when units are arranged in ascending order of their income. In the past the curve has...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ департамента Номер отчета: DRD12 Дата подготовки документа: 1 августа 1975 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Efficient estimation of the Lorenz curve and associated inequality measures from grouped observations (Английский)
The Lorenz curve is widely used to represent and analyze the size distribution of income and wealth. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new coordinate system for the Lorenz curve, with particular...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ департамента Номер отчета: DRD10 Дата подготовки документа: 1 октября 1974 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kakwani,Nanak Chand, Podder, N.