The aim of this paper is to analyze multidimensional poverty, inequality and polarization and show how these later reduce non-monetary well-being in Cameroon after the completion point of the HIPC initiative. A composite well-being indicator is built throw the MCA with ECAM3 data to capture...

French abstract: Cette étude analyse les évolutions de la polarisation et de l’inégalité dans la distribution des dépenses au Cameroun pendant et après les programmes d’ajustement structurel. Nombres de mesures sont utilisés et les estimations sont obtenues à partir des données...

This paper argues that inequality can be both good and bad for growth, depending on what inequality and whose growth. Unequal societies may be holding back one segment of the population while helping another. Similarly, high levels of income inequality may be due to a variety of different...