two key channels of transmission, namely education and trade. Thirty-six sub-Saharan African countries during the period …

growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears …

poverty is reducing in Africa, and to consider this to both characteristics of the region (i.e., within the region) and … impact of globalization on poverty and inequality. It is essentially a partial and descriptive approach, at best indicative …

poverty, as opposed to growth alone. The contribution of a sector to poverty reduction is shown to depend on its own growth … evidence indicates that agriculture is significantly more effective than nonagriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest … of the poor (as reflected in the $1-day squared poverty gap). It is also up to 3.2 times better at reducing $1-day …

This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes … 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. The impacts are similar in direction for SSA and non-SSA, so …