Household Welfare and Poverty Dynamics in Burkina Faso : Empirical Evidence from Household Surveys

Fofack, Hippolyte ; Monga, Celestin ; Tuluy, Hasan

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ABSOLUTE POVERTY;    ABSOLUTE TERMS;    AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;    AVERAGE GROWTH;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2590
RP-ID  :  WPS2590

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The authors investigate the dynamics ofpoverty and income inequality in a cross-section ofsocio-economic groups and geographical regions over thefive-year growth period following the 1994 devaluation ofthe CFA franc in Burkina Faso. Results show rapidlyincreasing urban poverty accompanied by rising incomeinequality, declining poverty -growth elasticities, andsignificant changes in the poverty map. In rural areas, theincidence of poverty remained the same and income inequalitydid not increase. In contrast, the distribution of welfareacross socio-economic groups was more stable. The rankordering of socioeconomic groups on the welfare scale didnot change during the post-devaluation growth period.Poverty remains largely a rural phenomenon, whose inelasticnature may justify a shift toward growth-oriented policiesthat at least maintain the rural poor's share of incometo reduce poverty in the medium term. Among factors thatfeed into income inequality: disparities in wages and ineducational attainment and unequal access to productiveassets (especially human capital).