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Applying the Gini coefficient to measure the distribution of water use and benefits of water use in South Africas provinces by van Koppen, Barbara, Cullis, J.

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Applying the Gini Coefficient to measure inequality of water use in the Olifants River water management area, South Africa by Cullis, J., van Koppen, Barbara

“…This is shown to have a Gini Coefficient of 0.64. Using the Gini Coefficient an assessment was also made of the impacts of different policy scenarios. …”
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Income inequality within smallholder irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa by Manero, Ana

Subjects: “…gini coefficient…”
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China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap by Mao, Rui, Ruan, Maoqi, Shi, Xinjie, Sun, Weiqi, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…In 2007, the urban–rural income ratio exceeded 3:1 for the first time and contributed over 50% to the Gini coefficient of the national income distribution (Li and Wan, 2013). …”
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Assessment of welfare status and income inequalities among cocoa farming households in Ondo State, Nigeria by Oguntade, A.E., Adewumi, K.J., Okafor, C., Fatunmbi, T.E.

“…The assessment of the inequality in the welfare index yielded a Gini coefficient for welfare index of 0.2049, and an index of dissimilarity of 0.1161. …”
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Has economic growth in Mozambique been pro-poor? by James, Robert C., Arndt, Channing, Simler, Kenneth R.

“…Maputo City continues to have the highest rates of inequality in the country; it witnessed a significant increase in inequality between 1996–97 and 2002–03 (the Gini coefficient rose from 0.44 to 0.52).…”
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Livelihoods and rural wealth distribution among farm households in western Kenya : Implications for rural development, poverty alleviation interventions and peace by Chianu, Jonas N., Ajani, OIY

“…Wealth inequality among households was very high, with household wealth Gini-coefficient of 0.52 and per capita wealth Gini-coefficient of 0.55, calling for better interventions targeting to reach most vulnerable/marginal groups and create all-inclusive opportunities.…”
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Linking competition with Growth Dominance and production ecology by Fernandez Tschieder, Ezequiel, Binkley, Dan

“…For example, two stands experiencing opposite modes of competition could have the same Gini coefficient, but will show different Growth Dominance coefficients. …”
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Health insurance and medical impoverishment in rural China: Evidence from Guizhou province by Zhang, Yumei, Filipski, Mateusz J., Chen, Kevin Z.

“…It also reduces the contribution of health expenditures to inequality as measured by Gini coefficient. The benefits of NCMS in terms of poverty and inequality appear considerably larger after major reforms in 2009, which expanded benefits and coverage.…”
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Key facts series: Key facts sheet on inequality by Hami, Emmanuel

“…The latest survey data put Malawi’s Gini Coefficient at 0.38. The 20% richest households consume about half of the country’s total consumption. …”
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Forest incomes and poverty alleviation under participatory forest management in the Bale Highlands, Southern Ethiopia by Yemiru, T., Roos, A., Campbell, Bruce M., Bohlin, F.

“…Forest income reduces inequality (Gini coefficient) by 15.5%. In general, the result confirms the importance of forest income in poverty alleviation and as safety nets in times of income crisis.…”
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Does farm structure affect rural household incomes? Evidence from Tanzania by Chamberlin, Jordan, Jayne, T. S.

“…Because farm structure is a multifaceted concept, five alternative indicators of farmland structure are defined for 142 districts in Tanzania: (i) the Gini coefficient; (ii) skewness; (iii) coefficient of variation; (iv) share of controlled farmland under medium-scale farms; and (v) share of controlled farmland under large farms. …”
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Role of livestock sector in bridging income inequality among agricultural households in India [An abstract] by Jagadeesh, M. S., Kuriachen, Philip, Vinay, H. T., Kumar, S.

“…This study examines the role of livestock in reducing income inequality among these households by using data from the ‘Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households’ (NSSO 77th round, 2019). The Gini coefficient was used to measures income inequality, and regression-based decomposition analysis to identify the contribution of different income sources to overall inequality. …”
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Reforestation, livelihoods and income equality: Lessons learned from China's Conversion of Cropland to Forest Program by Moioli, C., Shrestha, A., Roeser, D., Wang, G., Sunderland, T.C.H., Zerriffi, H.

“…We also observed that both equality (the Gini coefficient decreased by 23%) and equity (higher income increase for low-income groups) improved, and the best enhancement happened in the regions where the CCFP has been implemented for a longer time. …”
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Drivers of under-five stunting trend in 14 low- and middle-income countries since the turn of the millennium: A multilevel pooled analysis of 50 demographic and health surveys by Argaw, Alemayehu, Hanley-Cook, Giles, De Cock, Nathalie, Kolsteren, Patrick, Huybregts, Lieven, Lachat, Carl

“…Among the distal factors assessed, a decrease in the Gini coefficient, an improvement in women’s decision-making, and an increase in urbanization were significantly associated with a lower probability of stunting within a country. …”
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Dominance testing of transfers in Romania by Simler, Kenneth R., Sahn, David E., Younger, Stephen D.

“…In addition, we estimate extended Gini coefficients for the same transfers to check their consistency with the tests of inequality dominance. …”
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Manure marketing in the savannas of Nigeria : Implications for sustainable food security by Olayide, O, Alene, A., Ikpi, A, Nziguheba, Generose

“…The market concentration ratios show that none of the manure agents was sufficient in exercising monopoly power in the manure market. The Gini coefficients of the Lorenz curve analyses further showed considerable degrees of inequalities in the volume of manure marketed by different agents both across the agro-ecological zones and socio-economic domains. …”
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Manure marketing in the savannas of Nigeria: implications for sustainable food security by Olayide, O., Alene, A., Ikpi, A., Nziguheba, Generose

“…The market concentration ratios show that none of the manure agents was sufficient in exercising monopoly power in the manure market. The Gini coefficients of the Lorenz curve analyses further showed considerable degrees of inequalities in the volume of manure marketed by different agents both across the agro-ecological zones and socio-economic domains. …”
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