This study applies the regression-based inequality decomposition technique to explain poverty and inequality trends in Cameroon. We also identify gender related factors which explain income disparities and discrimination based on the 2001 and 2007 Cameroon household consumption surveys. The...

This study reviews the theoretical framework of sectoral decomposition and source decomposition. It isolates the sector-specific and the between-sector effects in accounting for aggregate poverty change in Cameroon using an exact decomposition and accounts for changes in household labour income...