This paper examines the possibility of environmental "development traps," or "brown poverty traps," caused by … may be a key element for avoiding an environmental poverty trap and achieving higher, sustained income levels …

From 2000 to 2014, per capita gross domestic product in Sub-Saharan Africa increased by almost 35 percent in real terms …, despite some bright spots, and poverty reduction was steady but discouragingly slow. This paper argues that ending extreme … poverty will require structural change in agriculture, and in rural African economies more broadly. Drawing on a range of …

In this paper, Arbache, Go, and Page examine the recent acceleration of growth in Africa. Unlike the past, the …

countries, and explore new approaches going forward. In an increasingly globalized world where fighting poverty is not only a …

Africa will be undergoing substantial demographic changes in the coming decades with the rising working age share of … poverty reduction will depend on several factors. The outlook will likely be good if African countries can continue the gains … catch up to other developing countries. If the skill share of Africa's labor supply doubles because of improvements in …

-Saharan Africa; these changes went undetected by standard inequality measures. By developing a new decomposition technique based on a … change, poverty could have decreased an additional 5-6 percentage points during the past decade …

After an impressive acceleration in growth and poverty reduction since the mid-1990s, many African countries continue … recovery in developed countries, numerous weather shocks, and civil conflicts in Africa? This paper "stress tests" African … economies. The findings indicate that Africa's long-term growth is fairly impervious to a prolonged recession in high …