Growth, Distribution, and Poverty in Africa : Messages from the 1990s

Christiaensen, Luc ; Demery, Lionel ; Paternostro, Stefano

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: POVERTY MEASUREMENT;    ECONOMIC GROWTH;    ECONOMIC POLICY;    MACROECONOMIC STABILITY;    ACCESS TO LAND;   

DOI  :  10.1596/0-8213-5213-X
RP-ID  :  25244

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This book synthesizes, and elaborates onthe results of a series of country studies, completed underthe Poverty Dynamics in Africa Initiative, organized by theAfrica Region of the Bank. These studies made use of vastlyimproved household survey data, which have enhancedunderstanding of African poverty dynamics during the pastdecade. The book examines the main factors behind observedpoverty changes in eight countries - Ethiopia, Ghana,Madagascar, Mauritania, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, andZimbabwe. After reviewing the trends in income poverty andother, more direct measures of well-being (such aseducation, health, and nutrition), the authors go beyond theaggregate numbers, and highlight the insights to be gainedfrom unraveling the microeconomic data. These data revealsystematic distributional effects, linking growth andpoverty, which lead to some groups' gaining fromepisodes of economic growth, and others being left behind.It further describes those groups left behind, and calls forpublic action to ensure that all poor Africans gain fromfuture economic growth.