ZAKAT FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND INCOME INEQUALITY REDUCTION

global economic inequality and poverty: an analysis of poverty alleviation and income inequality reduction policies in the developing world

a major objective of this paper is to present a theoretical and analytical framework for better understanding and measuring the consequences of increasing poverty and inequality in income distribution at different levels in the developing countries. the research hypothesis to be tested here is that globalization has led to increasing economic inequality within countries and between them, and ha...

Analysis of Income Inequality Based on Income Mobility for Poverty Alleviation in Rural China

Since the reform and opening up, the Chinese economy has achieved sustained high-speed growth. However, the widening gaps in income, especially for rural China, seem to be a dark lining to these extraordinary achievements. Taking the duration of poverty into the consideration, this article analyzes the income inequality of rural per capita net income (RPCNI) based on income mobility in rural Ch...

Income-generating Programmes for Poverty Alleviation through Non-formal Education

Inequality, income, and poverty: comparative global evidence.

Objectives. The study seeks to provide comparative global evidence on the role of income inequality, relative to income growth, in poverty reduction.Methods. An analysis-of-covariance model is estimated using a large global sample of 1980–2004 unbalanced panel data, with the headcount measure of poverty as the dependent variable, and the Gini coefficient and PPP-adjusted mean income as explanat...

the effect of education on poverty and income inequality

we study the effect of education and its expenditures, especially in higher education, on poverty and income inequality. using the keynesian approach it is shown that education, from the theoretical point of view, lowers poverty and income inequality level. in an empirical work we, used the data including 111 observations from 91 countries, with different human development levels, and concluded...