Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Literature Survey and Empirical Assessment

Delfin Go, Denis Nikitin, Xiongjian Wang and Heng-Fu Zou ()
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Denis Nikitin: Development Research Group, the World Bank

Annals of Economics and Finance, 2007, vol. 8, issue 2, 251-304

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)
Date: 2007
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