public spending in the social sector would contribute to declining poverty and inequality in health and education, even in an …—in Africa. We expected to find, as we did in Latin America, that progress in the provision of public services and the focus of … environment of stagnant or worsening levels of income poverty. Unfortunately, our results indicate that in the area of health …

in Africa. Results indicate that trade and exchange rate reforms are associated with a large decline in economic rents …

will not be sufficient in the short run to significantly reduce poverty in Africa … of macropolicy reform on real incomes of poor households in sub-Saharan Africa. The simulations suggest that, compared to …

In this paper we examine the relative importance of rural versus urban areas in terms of monetary poverty and seven … in the gaps between urban and rural living standards. Finally, we conduct urban-rural decompositions of inequality …, examining the within versus between (urban and rural) group inequality for asset inequality, education inequality, and health …