Betül GÜR, H. Şaduman OKUMUŞ, Elif GENÇ GÜNEREN

The cross-country comparison of poverty reduction

Bu çalışmada, yoksulluğun azaltılmasının seyri üzerine ülkelerarası karşılaştırmalı bir analiz yapmakamaçlanmıştır. Bu karşılaştırmalı analiz için, 88 ülkenin 1990-2005 dönemine ait Dünya Bankası verilerikullanılmıştır. En küçük kareler yöntemi kullanılarak, aşırı yoksul ülkeler arasında varolan ortaközellikler ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışmada, aşırı yoksul olan ülkeler ile olmayan ülkelerinkarakterlerinin ayrışmadığı görülmüştür. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre, nüfus yoksulluğu azaltan başlıcaunsurlardan biri olup, buna ilaveten işsizlik, mal ve hizmet ihracatı, yaş bağımlılık oranı, ekilebilir arazive banka kredisi gibi değişkenler ile yoksulluğun azalması arasında pozitif bir ilişki söz konusudur.Ayrıca yoksulluğun bölgesel boyutunun da olduğu yönünde sonuçlar elde edilmiştir.

Yoksulluğun azaltılması üzerine ülkelerarası kerşılaştırmalı analiz

This study aims to compare the pace of poverty reduction across the countries. For a cross-countryanalysis, The WB data is used for the period of 1990-2005 for 88 countries. Applying the ordinary leastsquares methodology, we attempted to prevail the common characteristics existing across the countrieswith excess poverty. It appears that the characteristics of countries living in extreme poverty do not differmuch from those not. Results indicate that population is the major determinant of poverty reduction aswell as unemployment, export of goods and services, age dependency ratio, arable land and domesticcredit. We shouldn’t ignore that poverty has also regional dimension.

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