The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades

The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades

This paper investigates the distributional changes that limited pro-poor growth in the past two decades in Sub-Saharan Africa; these changes went undetected by standard inequality measures. By developing a new decomposition technique based on a non...

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Main Authors: Clementi, F., Fabiani, M., Molini, V.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
ECONOMIC GROWTH
CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY REDUCTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INEQUALITY
POLARIZATION
RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY CHANGE
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/604321529955228067/The-devil-is-in-the-details-growth-polarization-and-poverty-reduction-in-Africa-in-the-past-two-decades
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29947

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/604321529955228067/The-devil-is-in-the-details-growth-polarization-and-poverty-reduction-in-Africa-in-the-past-two-decades
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29947

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