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Politics &Policy, Volume 51, Issue 5, Page 898-918, October 2023., 2023 Abstract The present study investigates the incidence of financial institutions' dynamics of depth and access in the effect of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 sub‐Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019. The Gini index is used to measure income inequality while poverty is measured as the poverty headcount ratio, and ...
Simplice Asongu, Nicholas M. Odhiambo
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Ready but irresponsible? Analysis of the Government Artificial Intelligence Readiness Index
Policy &Internet, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 397-414, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Many are the promises of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms. Governments around the world are increasingly investing in AI and multiple voices have touted this seemingly unmatched revolution. Better performance, cost reduction, efficient management, crime prediction, and prevention are but a few of the pledges of the AI era.
Stany Nzobonimpa +1 more
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Development and Change, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 1136-1168, September 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT In the period 2000–2019, Peru enjoyed sustained GDP growth and a long period of macroeconomic stability; as a result, poverty was reduced markedly in comparison to the 1980s and early 1990s, when the country faced severe recessions and hyperinflation.
Samuele Bibi, Sebastian Valdecantos
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Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 4, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Inner phenomena, such as personal motivations for pursuing sustainability, may be critical levers for improving conservation outcomes. Most conservation research and policies, however, focus on external phenomena (e.g., ecological change or economic processes). We explored the factors shaping 9 conservation attitudes toward forest and wildlife
Katarzyna M. Mikołajczak +8 more
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue S2, Page 19-35, November 2022., 2022 Abstract The increasingly intensive innovative activities enable a more straightforward tracing of knowledge spillover, by looking at the spatial agglomeration of innovative activities. Existing research looked at spatial patterns of innovative activities, but few examine the spatial evolution of the innovative agglomeration.
Jie Duan +3 more
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Regional economic disparities, spatial dependence and proximity structures
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, Page 1034-1050, October 2022., 2022 Abstract Since some decades, inequality has been attracting a growing interest within political debate as well as in theoretical and empirical studies. Considering inequality at a regional level offers useful insights for policy makers, facilitating the assessment of the effectiveness of strategies aimed at reducing regional disparities and helping in ...
Alfredo Cartone +2 more
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Improving protected area effectiveness through consideration of different human‐pressure baselines
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Previous assessments of the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) focused primarily on changes in human pressure over time and did not consider the different human‐pressure baselines of PAs, thereby potentially over‐ or underestimating PA effectiveness.
Chun‐Ting Feng +9 more
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The macroeconomic impact of COVID‐19 in Mozambique: A social accounting matrix approach
Journal of International Development, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 823-860, May 2022., 2022 Abstract This study assesses the economic costs of COVID‐19 and the state of emergency implemented by the Government of Mozambique. We use a social accounting matrix multiplier analysis to estimate the effects of the pandemic on the economy. Our simulations suggest that the Mozambican economy lost 3.6 percentage points of GDP growth in 2020 and that ...
Rosario Betho +6 more
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New evidence on measuring the geographical concentration of economic activities
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 1, Page 59-79, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Spatial interactions among regional units may influence the geographical distribution of economic activities. Many traditional measures of geographical concentration fail in capturing this aspect, being insensitive to permutations of the spatial position of regions.
Domenica Panzera +2 more
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Growth and inequality in the Mexican states: Regimes, thresholds, and traps
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 1295-1322, October 2021., 2021 Abstract Using the inter‐regional economic inequality index and the gross state product per capita for the Mexican states over the period 1940–2015, we apply regime dynamics and hierarchical cluster analysis for segmenting the sample into regimes of Mexican states with similar performance.
Juan Gabriel Brida +3 more
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