Is Poverty in Africa Mostly Chronic or Transient? : Evidence from Synthetic Panel Data

Is Poverty in Africa Mostly Chronic or Transient? : Evidence from Synthetic Panel Data

Absent actual panel household survey data, this paper constructs, for the first time, synthetic panel data for more than 20 countries accounting for two-thirds of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this process, the analysis employs repeated...

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Main Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh H., Dabalen, Andrew L.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
CHRONIC POVERTY
WELFARE DYNAMICS
VULNERABILITY
MIDDLE CLASS
PRO-POOR GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
SYNTHETIC PANEL
UPWARD MOBILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172891492703250779/Is-Poverty-in-Africa-mostly-chronic-or-transient-evidence-from-synthetic-panel-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26471

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172891492703250779/Is-Poverty-in-Africa-mostly-chronic-or-transient-evidence-from-synthetic-panel-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26471

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