Information technology, income inequality and economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries

DOES INCOME INEQUALITY HAMPER OR FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA? Prepared by: KyuSeon

POLICY QUESTION " What is the relationship between inequality and economic growth? Specifically, does income inequality hamper or foster economic growth in developing countries? " BACKGROUND As the global economy experienced rapid economic growth after World War II, an intense debate arose as to whether such growth benefited poor people and reduced income inequality or vice versa. In the 1950s,...

Examining the renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan African countries

Given the role renewable energy is likely to play in the context of sustainable development, it is important to understand the relationship between renewable energy and economic growth. Therefore, this paper examines the relationship between renewable energy consumption and economic growth in a panel of sub-Saharan Africa countries from 1990-2011. Using a production function framework, the depe...

Information And Communication Technology Externalities And Economic Growth In Newly Industrialized Countries

Economic Growth and Income Inequality

The central theme of this paper is the character and causes of long-term changes in the personal distribution of income. Does inequality in the distribution of income increase or decrease in the course of a country's economic growth? What factors determine the secular level and trends of income inequalities? These are broad questions in a field of study that has been plagued by looseness in def...

State of inequality in malaria intervention coverage in sub-Saharan African countries

BACKGROUND Scale-up of malaria interventions over the last decade have yielded a significant reduction in malaria transmission and disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa. We estimated economic gradients in the distribution of these efforts and of their impacts within and across endemic countries. METHODS Using Demographic and Health Surveys we computed equity metrics to characterize the distrib...