Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa

Augustin Fosu ()

No RP2008-107, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) comparatively with non-SSA, based on a global sample of 1977-2004 unbalanced panel data. For both regions and all three measures of poverty—headcount, gap, and squared gap—the paper finds the impact of GDP growth on poverty reduction as a decreasing function of initial inequality.

Keywords: Economic development; Equality and inequality; Income distribution; Poverty measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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Journal Article: Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa (2009)
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