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dc.contributor.author | Fosu, Augustin Kwasi | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-17 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-26T07:41:06Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-04-26T07:41:06Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-92-9230-163-7 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45114 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) comparatively with non-SSA, based on a global sample of 1977-2004 unbalanced panel data. For both regions and all three measures of poverty - headcount, gap, and squared gap - the paper finds the impact of GDP growth on poverty reduction as a decreasing function of initial inequality. The impacts are similar in direction for SSA and non-SSA, so that within both regions there are considerable disparities in the responsiveness of poverty to income growth, depending on inequality. Nevertheless, the income-growth elasticity is substantially less for SSA, implying relatively small poverty-reduction sensitiveness to growth compared with the rest of the developing world. Furthermore, the paper finds a considerable variation in the predicted values of the income-growth elasticity across a large number of SSA countries, implying the need for understanding country-specific inequality attributes for effective poverty-reduction strategies. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinki | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aWIDER Research Paper |x2008/107 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D31 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I32 | en |
dc.subject.jel | O49 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | inequality | en |
dc.subject.keyword | income growth | en |
dc.subject.keyword | poverty | en |
dc.subject.keyword | sub-Saharan Africa | en |
dc.subject.stw | Einkommensverteilung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Armut | en |
dc.subject.stw | Sozialprodukt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Afrika südlich der Sahara | en |
dc.title | Inequality and the impact of growth on poverty: Comparative evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 589767194 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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