Although growth has improved substantially in most African countries in recent years, poverty across the continent has … African countries have slipped back, and exhibit higher poverty rates than in 1990. This paper seeks to understand the reasons … for this variance between countries; the reasons why, certainly if one uses headcount poverty data, there are ‘two Africas …

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the …