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approach is also employed to rigorously examine the poverty-growth-inequality triangle. Finally, various simple but useful and …Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile …
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This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the …
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date, and then to use this as a background for the analysis of poverty, inequality, and non-monetary outcomes. The analysis …The purpose of this paper is to analyse the growth performance of the Cameroonian economy from independence in 1960 to … of poverty a …
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The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing … countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality. The focus is on the period since the early/mid-1990s when growth in … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …
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This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of a new measure of pro-poor growth, which links growth rates in mean income … and in income inequality. The other contribution is a decomposition methodology that explores linkages between three …
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