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
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spelling okr-10986-299472021-06-08T14:42:46Z The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades Clementi, F. Fabiani, M. Molini, V. ECONOMIC GROWTH CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION POVERTY REDUCTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY POLARIZATION RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION POVERTY CHANGE DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS 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 nonparametric method -- the relative distribution -- the paper finds a clear distributional pattern affecting almost all the analyzed countries. Nineteen of 24 countries experienced a significant increase in polarization, particularly in the lower tail of the distribution, and this distributional change lowered the pro-poor impact of growth substantially. Without this change, poverty could have decreased an additional 5-6 percentage points during the past decade. 2018-06-28T15:38:53Z 2018-06-28T15:38:53Z 2018-06 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8494 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY REDUCTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INEQUALITY
POLARIZATION
RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY CHANGE
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY REDUCTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INEQUALITY
POLARIZATION
RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY CHANGE
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
Clementi, F.
Fabiani, M.
Molini, V.
The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
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Sub-Saharan Africa
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8494
description 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 nonparametric method -- the relative distribution -- the paper finds a clear distributional pattern affecting almost all the analyzed countries. Nineteen of 24 countries experienced a significant increase in polarization, particularly in the lower tail of the distribution, and this distributional change lowered the pro-poor impact of growth substantially. Without this change, poverty could have decreased an additional 5-6 percentage points during the past decade.
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author Clementi, F.
Fabiani, M.
Molini, V.
author_facet Clementi, F.
Fabiani, M.
Molini, V.
author_sort Clementi, F.
title The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
title_short The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
title_full The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
title_fullStr The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
title_full_unstemmed The Devil Is in the Details : Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
title_sort devil is in the details : growth, polarization, and poverty reduction in africa in the past two decades
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url 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
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