This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the … forces that determine inequality change, focusing on factor accumulation and structural change. Next it considers the …

nature of occupational employment in explaining the rising earnings inequality during the same period. First, we find …-15. Third, using reference influence function regressions, we quantify the extent to which changes in inequality over time can …

in the attainment of lower middle-income status. However, employment response to growth has been weak. Additionally …, growth has been accompanied by substantial reduction in poverty, albeit increasing inequality. This development is explained … employment generating sectors of mining and oil extraction. Fixing the problem of the missing middle of dwindling manufacturing …

place of households in the economy as reflected by employment sector and geographical location, and the extent to which the … processes of growth, particularly through accessible and remunerative employment. …

An important stylized fact about African economic development is the phenomenon of urbanization without structural …

been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …

's employment share declined, but most new jobs were in services. Concurrently, poverty incidence declined dramatically. Income … inequality increased until the late 1980s, then gradually declined, reaching a level in 2017 that was well below the 1981 level …-shaped relationship between average income and inequality but suggest no long-term 'Kuznetsian tension' between the rate of structural …

This paper evaluates structural change, inequality dynamics, and industrial policy in South Africa between 1960 and the … employment in the country, while the agriculture, mining, and manufacturing sectors have declined in relative importance. While …, unemployment, and inequality forged under the past race-based colonial and apartheid regimes remain stagnant. The future of South …