Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Literature Survey and Empirical Assessment
Delfin Go,
Denis Nikitin,
Xiongjian Wang and
Heng-Fu Zou (hzoucema@gmail.com)
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Denis Nikitin: Development Research Group, the World Bank
Xiongjian Wang: CEMA, Central University
No 485, CEMA Working Papers from China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics
Abstract:
This paper surveys the literature and assesses the magnitude, persistence, and depth of poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa using empirical analysis. Our analysis explores linkages between three key facts about development in Sub-Saharan Africa: poor economic growth, poor performance in terms of public health indicators, and resilient high-income inequality. Most of the differential between growth rates in Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries can be explained by two measures of human capital-secondary enrolment and infant mortality. We also find that the growth trend in Sub-Saharan Africa does not significantly differ from other developing countries that have fallen into a poverty trap.
Keywords: Poverty; Inequality; African Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2011
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Published in Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 8(2), pages 251-304, November.
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