Can Extreme Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa be Eliminated by 2030?

Zorobabel Bicabaa (), Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski and Mthuli Ncube ()
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Zorobabel Bicabaa: African Development Bank

Journal of African Development, 2017, vol. 19, issue 2, 93-110

Abstract: Eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is the first goal among the UN Sustainable Development Goals that guide the current development agenda. This paper examines its feasibility for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the world’s poorest but growing region. It finds that under plausible assumptions extreme poverty will not be eradicated in SSA by 2030, but it can be reduced to low levels through high growth and income redistribution towards the poor segments of the society. National and regional policies should aim at structural transformation and industrialization that would make their growth paths more inclusive and 'green'. International organizations, including informal ones such as the G20, can play a critical role in this endeavor by encouraging policy coordination and coherence. Further, African countries will need a greater scope for bringing their perspectives into global economic debates on issues impacting sustainable development on the continent.

Keywords: Africa; poverty; inclusive growth; simulations; policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E21 E25 I32 O11 O20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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