... that growth has been exclusive as per-capita-GDP growth rather dampens income shared by the poorest 20%. Also, it is observed that growth has not been inclusive as the jobless-growth argument remains valid while high inequality further exacerbates unemployment in the region. It is further shown...

... to a threshold of below 3% (Asongu and Odhiambo, 2019a). The concern of gender exclusion can further reduce the negative responsiveness of poverty to economic growth in Africa because the inequality elasticity of poverty is higher than the growth elasticity of poverty (Asongu and Kodila-Tedika, 2018 ; Asongu...

... growth and low growth and inequality elasticity of poverty are key factors in explaining the slow progress on these particular goals. The environment and health goals are the least likely to have been met even though some appreciable progress has been recorded in recent times. However, after many years...

...Jacob Novignon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to decompose income inequality across various household income components and to estimate the marginal effects of changes in each of the income components on overall income inequality in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected...