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Poverty, Population, Inequality, and Development in Historical Perspective
Chilosi, Alberto - 2012
Seen in historical perspective the main economic predicaments of the present world (such as poverty, inequality, backwardness) appear in a somewhat different light than in many current discussions, especially by sociologists, radical economists and political scientists. In the present paper the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012712855
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Mutual interdependence between elites and the poor
Kalebe-Nyamongo, Chipiliro - 2010
poor in Malawi, this paper argues that in formulating effective, responsive, and comprehensive strategies for poverty …. -- Malawi ; elites ; politics of poverty ; pro-poor policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697409
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Trade and agricultural policies in Malawi: Not all policy reform is equally good for the poor
Douillet, Mathilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
representing Malawi in 2007 linked to household survey to examine how different trade policy reforms by Malawi and the rest of the … world would impact poverty in Malawi. The country’s recent agricultural growth history due to the Fertilizer Input Subsidy … policies could help fight poverty in Malawi, there are no substitute to development policies, and if undertaken simultaneously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258811
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Two Africas? Why Africa's "growth miracle" has barely reduced poverty
Khan, Rumman; Morrissey, Oliver; Mosley, Paul - 2019
Growth improved substantially in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 1990, but poverty in SSA as a whole has fallen by about a third, compared to by half or more in other developing regions. While some countries have had little or no success in reducing poverty, many have had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145149
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Growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Demery, Lionel; McKay, Andrew D.; … - 2015
After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as agriculture in which most of the poor work and live....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528633
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Ghana : Poverty reduction over thirty years
McKay, Andrew D.; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531063
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Assessing the inclusiveness of growth in Africa : evidence from Cameroon, Senegal, and Tanzania
Vivien Houngbonon, Georges; Bauer, Arthur; N'Diaye, … - 2014
In this study, we assess the inclusiveness of growth by tracking the yearly percentage change in the household consumption of individuals over different growth spells in Cameroon, Senegal, and Tanzania. With cross-sectional data, we track the consumption of groups of individuals that share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410852
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Revisiting Cross-Country Poverty Convergence in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Ouyang, Yusi - 2018
The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries (LDCs) during 1977-2007. This paper revisits cross-country poverty convergence using data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923239
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Tanzania's Growth Process and Success in Reducing Poverty
Treichel, Volker - 2021
Since 1995, Tanzania has made major progress in economic reform and macroeconomic stabilization, resulting in strong growth and low inflation. This paper reviews Tanzania's growth performance and prospects and assesses the impact of growth on poverty. It finds that growth has been increasingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318084
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Two Africas? : why Africa's "growth miracle" has barely reduced poverty
Khan, Rumman; Morrissey, Oliver; Mosley, Paul - 2019
Growth improved substantially in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 1990, but poverty in SSA as a whole has fallen by about a third, compared to by half or more in other developing regions. While some countries have had little or no success in reducing poverty, many have had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008348