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Is Inequality in Africa Really Different?

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dc.contributor.authorMilanovic, Branko
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-17T19:12:43Z
dc.date.available2014-04-17T19:12:43Z
dc.date.issued2003-11
dc.description.abstractHigh inequality in Africa is something of a paradox: Africa should be a low-inequality continent according to the Kuznets hypothesis (because African countries are poor and agriculture-based), and also because land (the main asset) is widely shared. The author's hypothesis is that African inequality is politically determined. Yet in the empirical analysis, despite the introduction of several political variables, there is still an inequality-increasing "Africa effect" linked to ethnic fractionalization. The politics, however, may work through ethnic fractionalization, which provides an easy and secure basis for the formation of political groups. Although this is a plausible explanation, it is not fully satisfactory, and the author criticizes it in the concluding section.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2856986/inequality-africa-really-different-inequality-africa-really-different
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3169
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17906
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3169
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DECLINE
dc.subjectECONOMIC FACTORS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectHIGH INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY DATA
dc.subjectINEQUALITY LEVELS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectMINERAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectPOINT
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectWEST INEQUITY
dc.subjectETHNIC RELATIONS
dc.subjectETHNIC CONFLICTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPARTY AFFILIATION
dc.titleIs Inequality in Africa Really Different?en
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okr.crossref.titleIs Inequality in Africa Really Different?
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2856986/inequality-africa-really-different-inequality-africa-really-different
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3169
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2856986
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicEarth Sciences and GIS
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicLaw and Development::Human Rights
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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