 The Distribution of National Income in African CountriesPius Okigbo
Chapter Chapter 15 in The Distribution of National Income, 1968, pp 395-409 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Our problem is to examine the distribution of national income in African countries. It divides easily into two branches: the distribution of the national income functionally, that is, by factor shares, and the distribution of personal income by size. Each of these two branches has its own special interest for developing countries and particularly for countries that have only recently emerged from colonial or dependent status. Each of them has also been canvassed in the literature but the setting has invariably been in the context of the highly industrialized countries. An analysis of the problem posed can be undertaken for a single country if the data permit of an intertemporal comparison or for a group of countries if the data permit of international comparisons. Neither procedure is easy in African countries and it will be a partial object of this paper to indicate the gaps in the data, the approximations possible in the absence of suitable material and what further work needs to be done to bridge the gap. Keywords: African Country; Capita Income; Income Distribution; National Income; Personal Income (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-15245-2_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15245-2_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.