income distributions and national accounts GDP, we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality indices for … African countries for the period 1990-2011. Our findings are as follows. First, African poverty is falling rapidly. Second …, the African countries for which good inequality data exist are set to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) poverty …

newly available household surveys have permitted the estimation of measures of poverty among cotton producers in West and … Central Africa, as well as simulations of the impact that changes in producer prices may have on poverty. …

This paper presents a methodology to measure vulnerability to asset-poverty. Using repeated cross-section data, age … show that expected asset-poverty is a reliable proxy for expected consumption-poverty. Applying the methodology to nine …

In spite of the high growth that Africa has experienced in recent years, poverty, inequality and unemployment remain … high, indicating lack of inclusion in the development process and its outcomes. But poverty, for example, can be reduced at …. This study is an attempt to contribute to the design of inclusive growth policies. It examines the correlates of poverty …

of poverty on child labour and child soldier. An attempt is made in this article to highlight and critically examine the …

Multiple Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and …

This study uses simulations to explore the possibility of halving the percentage of people living in extreme poverty in … different. In some cases small changes in income-distribution can have a large effect on poverty, while in others a strong focus …