Poverty, growth, and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa : did the walk match the talk under the PRSP approach?

by Daouda Sembene

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have shown strong signs of growth resilience in the aftermath of the recent global crisis. Yet, this paper finds evidence that growth has more than proportionately benefited the top quintile during PRSP implementation. It finds that PRSP implementation has neither reduced poverty headcount nor raised the income share of the poorest quintile in Sub-Saharan Africa. While countries in other regions have been more successful in reducing poverty and increasing the income share of the poor, there is no conclusive evidence that P

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Sembene, Daouda
Publisher:	Washington, DC : IMF
Subject:	Armut \| Poverty \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Subsahara-Afrika \| Sub-Saharan Africa

Extent:	Online-Ressource (37 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	IMF working papers. - Washington, DC : IMF, ZDB-ID 2108494-4. - Vol. 15/122
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Literaturverz. S. 53 - 58 Description based upon print version of record Systemvoraussetzungen: PDF Reader Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Appendices; Tables; Figures; I. Introduction; II. Typology of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa; A. Pro-growth policies for poverty reduction; B. Policy Interventions for Poverty Reduction; III. Growth, Inequality and Poverty Outcomes under the PRSP approach; A. Did PRSP countries in Sub-Saharan Africa grow faster than their peers?; Figure 1. GDP Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the World Figure 2. Per Capita GDP Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the World Sub-Saharan Africa: Evolution of per capita GDP growth in PRSP and non-PRSP countries (in percent)B. Did growth accelerate after PRSP adoption?; Figure 3. Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth Performance before and after PRSP Adoption; C. How did poverty and inequality evolve in Sub-Saharan Africa after the launch of the PRSP process?; Figure 4. Sub-Saharan Africa-Evolution of the Number of Poor and Total Population; Figure 5. Sub-Saharan Africa-Evolution of Growth, Inequality, and Poverty after the Launch of the PRSP Process IV. Econometric EvidenceA. Model and Estimation Strategy; B. Did PRSP implementation reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa?; Table 1: Sub-Saharan Africa-Impact of PRSP Implementation, Growth and Inequality on Poverty Incidence; C. Did PRSP implementation raise the income share of the poor?; Table 2: Sub-Saharan Africa-Impact of PRSP Implementation and Growth on the Income/Consumption Share of the Bottom and Top Quintiles; D. Robustness Tests Table 3: IDA Countries-Impact of PRSP Implementation, Growth and Inequality on Poverty Incidence and the Consumption/Income Share of the Bottom and Top QuintilesTable 4: Robustness Checks using Alternative Welfare Measures and a Financial Crisis Dummy; V. Conclusions and Policy Implications; Appendix Table 1: Review of First Generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers; Appendix Table 2: Data availability by country; Appendix Table 3: Data sources; References; Footnotes
ISBN:	978-1-5135-2077-3 ; 978-1-5135-9255-8
Other identifiers:	10.5089/9781513520773.001 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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