technological non convexity exists. It follows that certain households are poverty trapped, that the initial distribution of wealth …

income and poverty implications of expanded horticulture exports and changing supply chain structures for rural households in …

We present evidence that the recent African growth renaissance has reached Africa's poor. Using survey data on African … 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 …

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the …

Redistributive systems in Africa are still in their infancy but are constantly expanding in order to finance increasing …, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa. These countries show contrasted situations in terms of income distribution. We …

This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and … severity of poverty in 42 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1980 to 2019. Mobile money innovations are understood … Gini index. Poverty is measured as the poverty headcount ratio while the severity of poverty is generated as the squared of …

This study assesses the nexus between bribery and poverty, contingent on the macroeconomic environment within the remit … of inflation in Africa. The Afrobarometer survey is used. Our data cover 38 countries consisting of three rounds of … regression. The results reveal that while poverty has a positive effect on the spread of bribery, inflation can mitigate the …

cascade of income losses and bankruptcies that pushed a signifcant share of households in African countries into poverty. This … research analyzes the efect of poverty on the spread of COVID-19 using a sample of 52 African countries. Methods: To achieve … reported cases and disease severity) and six poverty indicators (average poverty, poverty incidence, poverty depth, poverty …