understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We examine the levels and trends in income distribution in …This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to …, Mozambique, and South Africa. We conclude that the balance between policies aimed at growth and measures aimed at redistribution …

Growth has been high and widespread in the last decade in Africa. Whether this shift in Africa's fortune has impacted … poverty has been a subject of controversy. This paper brings into focus recent evidence on the pace of poverty reduction in … Africa and addresses whether or not previously held belief that Africa is too poor to grow is relevant today. The findings …

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 …