Macro and Micro Perspectives of Growth and Poverty in Africa

This article reviews trends in poverty, economic policies, and growth in a sample of African countries during the 1990s, drawing on the better household data now available. Experiences have varied. Some countries have seen sharp drops in income pov...

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Main Authors:	Christiaensen, Luc, Demery, Lionel, Paternostro, Stefano
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE BLACK MARKET BLACK MARKET PREMIUM BUREAUCRACY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY CALORIC INTAKE CASH CROPS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD MORTALITY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR COMMUNITY LIFE CONFLICT CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CORRUPTION COUNTRY ESTIMATES COVARIATE SHOCKS DATA SETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES DROP IN POVERTY DROUGHT ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE POLICY EXPLAINING CHANGES EXTERNAL SHOCKS FARMERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROP FOOD CROP PRODUCERS FOOD EXPENDITURES GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS GINI INDEX GOOD GOVERNANCE GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH PATH GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSIONS HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCREASING INEQUALITY INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURES INFLATION RATE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAND DISTRIBUTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACRO POLICY MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC REFORMS MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MALNUTRITION MARGINAL RETURNS MEAN EXPENDITURE MEAN INCOMES MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NOMADIC POPULATION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY INSTRUMENT POLICY MESSAGES POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY STANCE POLICY VOLATILITY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL REFORMS POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR PERFORMANCE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DATA POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY INDEX POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY-REDUCING POLICIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRO-POOR GROWTH INDEX PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE PRICES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISK MANAGEMENT RULE OF LAW RURAL RURAL ACTIVITY RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL CONSUMERS RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL PRODUCERS RURAL URBAN NATIONAL SCHOOLING SECTORAL POLICIES SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SMALL FARMERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE POVERTY SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS WAR WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE MEASURE WELFARE MEASURES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/17742477/macro-micro-perspectives-growth-poverty-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17186