The fall of the elephant. Two decades of poverty increase in Côte d’Ivoire (1988 - 2008)

Denis Cogneau (), Kenneth Houngbedji and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps

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Abstract: At the end of 1980s, Côte d'Ivoire entered a deep macroeconomic crisis that put an end to the often praised "Ivorian miracle". After the death of the founding father Houphouët-Boigny, unrestrained political competition added to bad economic conditions and led to the nightmare of civil war. Drawing from a series of five household surveys covering two decades (1988-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after five years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), extreme 1.25 USD poverty headcount had reached a historical record in poverty, with northern areas deeply impoverished by the partition

Keywords: Welfare; Côte d’Ivoire; Economic history; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-10
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Published in PEGNet Conference 2013: "How to Shape Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Economies in the Developing World ─ Global, Regional, and Local Solutions", Oct 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark

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