Is Inequality in Africa Really Different?

Is Inequality in Africa Really Different?

High inequality in Africa is something of a paradox: Africa should be a low-inequality continent according to the Kuznets hypothesis (because African countries are poor and agriculture-based), and also because land (the main asset) is widely shared...

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Main Author:	Milanovic, Branko
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE AVERAGE INCOME DATA SET DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC FACTORS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH PERFORMANCE HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DATA INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURES LAND OWNERSHIP MINERAL RESOURCES NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES PER CAPITA INCOMES POINT POOR POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP REAL INCOME TAXATION WEST INEQUITY ETHNIC RELATIONS ETHNIC CONFLICTS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT INCOME INEQUALITIES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS PARTY AFFILIATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2856986/inequality-africa-really-different-inequality-africa-really-different http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17906

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