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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2012
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/12/038
Verlag: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Zusammenfassung: 
Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using updated panel data of 26 African countries spanning the period 1996-2010, this study examines the effect of liberalisation policies with particular focus on financial, trade, institutional, political and economic liberalisations on income-inequality. We find: that financial liberalisation has a levitated income-redistributive effect with the magnitude of the de jure measure (KAOPEN) higher than that of the de facto measure (FDI); that exports, trade and 'freedom to trade' have an equality incidence on income-distribution; and that institutional and political liberalisation has a negative impact. We also find that, economic freedom has a negative income-redistributive effect possibly because of the weight of its legal component. The impact of these policies implications are discussed in detail in this study.
Schlagwörter: 
Liberalisation Policies
Income Inequality
Poverty
Africa
JEL: 
F30
F41
F50
O15
O55
Dokumentart: 
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