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dc.contributor.authorFosu, Augustin Kwasien
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-18-
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T13:19:10Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-15T13:19:10Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-330-3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/54128-
dc.description.abstractThe present study examines the degree to which income distribution affects the ability of economic growth to reduce poverty, based on 1990s data for a sample of rural and urban sectors of African economies. Using the basic needs approach, an analysis-of-covariance model is derived and estimated, with the headcount, gap and squared gap poverty ratios serving as the respective dependent variables and the Gini coefficient and PPP-adjusted incomes as explanatory variables. The study finds that the responsiveness of poverty to income growth is a decreasing function of inequality, albeit at varying rates for the three poverty measures: lowest for the headcount, followed by the gap and fastest for the squared gap. The ranges for the income elasticity in the sample are estimated at: 0.02-0.68, 0.11-1.05 and 0.10-1.35, respectively, for these poverty measures. Furthermore while, on average, the responsiveness of poverty to income growth appears to be the same between the rural and urban sectors, there are substantial sectoral differences across countries. The results suggest the need for country-specific emphases on growth relative to inequality, with special attention accorded the possible rural-urban dichotomy.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Working Paper |x2010/92en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelI32en
dc.subject.jelO49en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordIncome distributionen
dc.subject.keywordincome growthen
dc.subject.keywordpovertyen
dc.subject.keywordrural and urban African economiesen
dc.titleIncome distribution and growth's ability to reduce poverty: Evidence from rural and urban African economies-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn636855678en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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