Growth, inequality and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : recent progress in a global context

dc.contributor.authorFosu, Augustin Kwasi
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-19T11:31:57Z
dc.date.available2015-01-19T11:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2015-01
dc.description.abstractThe present study employs recent World Bank data to shed light, in a global context, on the transformation of changes in income and inequality into poverty reduction for a large number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study begins by discussing SSA’s progress on poverty. Next, it presents data on how various African countries have fared in terms of the incidence of poverty relative to other countries, with special emphasis on the period since the mid-1990s, when SSA generally experienced a growth resurgence. The paper then decomposes performance on poverty into changes in income and inequality for a sample of SSA countries that have the requisite data. The paper finds that recent progress on poverty has been considerable, in contrast to the earlier, 1980–early 1990s, period. Compared with the progress in a global sample of countries, however, progress has been mixed: nonetheless, although African countries lag behind the Brazil, India, China and Russia group of countries as a whole, many of them have outperformed India. Furthermore, while income growth is found to be the main engine for poverty reduction in SSA in general, the role of inequality is crucial in certain countries. Viewed in a global context, moreover, the low levels of income have inhibited the effectiveness of income and inequality improvements in reducing poverty in many African countries.en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-01-31en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cods20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAugustin Kwasi Fosu (2015) Growth,Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context, Oxford Development Studies, 43:1, 44-59, DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2014.964195en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1360-0818 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1469-9966 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/13600818.2014.964195
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/43125
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2014 Oxford Department of International Development. This is an electronic version of an article published in Oxford Development Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 44-59, 2015. doi : 10.1080/13600818.2014.964195. Oxford Development Studies is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cods20en_ZA
dc.subjectGrowthen_ZA
dc.subjectInequalityen_ZA
dc.subjectPovertyen_ZA
dc.subjectRecent progressen_ZA
dc.subjectGlobal contexten_ZA
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa (SSA)en_ZA
dc.titleGrowth, inequality and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : recent progress in a global contexten_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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