The Consumption, Income, and Wealth of the Poorest : Cross-Sectional Facts of Rural and Urban Sub-Saharan Africa for Macroeconomists

This paper provides new empirical insights on the joint distribution of consumption, income, and wealth in three of the poorest countries in the world — Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda — all located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The first finding is th...

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Main Authors:	De Magalhaes, Leandro, Santaeulalia-Llopis, Raul
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION FORECASTS RISKS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTION VALUATION DISPOSABLE INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION INCOME CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CONSUMPTION INSURANCE INTEREST RATE PROPERTY RIGHTS COUNTERFACTUAL POLITICAL ECONOMY DEATH PORTFOLIO WELFARE RURAL CREDIT INCENTIVES DISTRIBUTION VARIABLES INCOME GAP INPUTS PAYMENTS WEALTH RURAL POPULATION CALORIC INTAKE MEASURES SAFETY NETS DEVELOPMENT LAND LAW RURAL POPULATIONS SAVINGS RURAL HOUSEHOLD COSTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD RURAL INCOME RENT FOOD PRICE INEQUALITY MEASURES INCOME INEQUALITY EXCHANGE RATES INDUSTRIALIZATION TRANSFERS DEBT HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LOTTERY SOCIAL SECURITY CALORIE INTAKE FARMERS RISK SHARING LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND VALUE RURAL MIGRANTS HOUSEHOLD HEADS FOOD PRODUCTION ECONOMIC RESEARCH FOOD ITEMS ALTERNATIVE USE INCOME MEASURES RURAL GAP EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS CONSUMPTION AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS HUMAN CAPITAL FOOD SECURITY RURAL COUNTERPARTS CAPITAL WAGES RURAL MIGRATION VALUE LAND QUALITY RURAL AREA CREDIT MACROECONOMICS FARM ACTIVITIES POOR COUNTRIES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES INCOME DISTRIBUTION RURAL SETTINGS AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL LAND GROWTH MODELS RURAL MEASUREMENT SHARES FARM WORK ASSETS PUBLIC WORKS FOOD TRANSFERS BENCHMARK IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS AGRICULTURAL INPUTS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY INSURANCE RURAL RESIDENTS TRADE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING THEORY FOOD SHARE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS GROWTH RATE RURAL AREAS POVERTY CREDIT MARKET CONSTRAINTS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION INFORMAL INSURANCE HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY UNDERESTIMATES POOR INCOME QUINTILE PRICE INDEXES INHERITANCE FOOD PRICES OUTCOMES CONSUMPTION INCREASES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES PRICES ECONOMIC STATISTICS PRODUCTION COSTS DEVELOPMENT POLICY INCOME GROUPS INEQUALITY POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24703810/consumption-income-wealth-poorest-cross-sectional-facts-rural-urban-sub-saharan-africa-macroeconomists http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22218

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24703810/consumption-income-wealth-poorest-cross-sectional-facts-rural-urban-sub-saharan-africa-macroeconomists
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22218

The Consumption, Income, and Wealth of the Poorest : Cross-Sectional Facts of Rural and Urban Sub-Saharan Africa for Macroeconomists

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