poverty. This generally fails to find any systematic pattern of change in income distribution during recent decades. Neither … conflicts. Among the strategic elements that have contributed to reduced poverty are: an outward-oriented strategy of export … in reducing poverty. Growth can be substantial if the policy and institutional environment is right. …

This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to … understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We examine the levels and trends in income distribution in …