Documents et rapports
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Aging and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 32752 Date du document: 1 mai 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand,Subbarao,Kalanidhi
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Ageing and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Autre étude sur la pauvreté Numéro du rapport: 32178 Date du document: 1 mars 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand,Subbarao,Kalanidhi
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Income inequality, welfare, and poverty : an illustration using Ukranian data (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1411 Date du document: 31 janvier 1995 Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Growth rates and aggregate welfare : an international comparison (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS647 Date du document: 30 avril 1991 Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Poverty and economic growth : with application to Cote d'Ivoire (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: LSM63 Date du document: 28 février 1990 Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Large sample distribution of several inequality measures : with application to Cote d'Ivoire (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: LSM61 Date du document: 31 janvier 1990 Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Testing for significance of poverty difference : with application to Cote d'Ivoire (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: LSM62 Date du document: 31 janvier 1990 Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Income inequality and poverty : methods of estimation and policy applications (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 10092 Date du document: 1 janvier 1980 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Applications of Lorenz curves in economic analysis (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD12 Date du document: 1 août 1975 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand
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Efficient estimation of the Lorenz curve and associated inequality measures from grouped observations (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD10 Date du document: 1 octobre 1974 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kakwani,Nanak Chand, Podder, N.