LES DÉTERMINANTS DE L INÉGALITE ET LE RÔLE DE L ÉQUITÉ DANS LES PAYS DU MOYEN-ORIENT ET D AFRIQUE DU NORD

Caroline Daymon and Céline Gimet
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Caroline Daymon: CEFI, Université de la Méditerranée

Region et Developpement, 2007, vol. 25, 11-26

Abstract: The paper explores the main sources of poverty reduction, and evaluates the situation of MENA countries with respect to the theoretical literature on the link between growth, inequality and equity. We first test two relations : Kuznets hypothesis, and the pro-poor growth theory. We next investigate the determinants of inequality by using a panel data set for the period 1980-2003. These countries have not yet reached the turning point. Consequently, inequality reduction policies including the poor in the economic growth process are needed. Our results suggest that education efficiency, gender inequality reduction, and banking credit access in a market efficiency environment, are the main challenges in the future.

Keywords: DÉVELOPPEMENT; DISTRIBUTION; ÉQUITÉ; INÉGALITÉ; MOYEN-ORIENT ET AFRIQUE DU NORD; PRO-POOR GROWTH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D3 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Working Paper: Les déterminants de l'inégalité et le rôle de l'équité dans les pays du Moyen-Orient et de l'Afrique du Nord (2007)
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