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The Devil Is in the Details: Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades

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dc.contributor.authorClementi, F.
dc.contributor.authorFabiani, M.
dc.contributor.authorMolini, V.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-28T15:38:53Z
dc.date.available2018-06-28T15:38:53Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the distributional changes that limited pro-poor growth in the past two decades in Sub-Saharan Africa; these changes went undetected by standard inequality measures. By developing a new decomposition technique based on a nonparametric method -- the relative distribution -- the paper finds a clear distributional pattern affecting almost all the analyzed countries. Nineteen of 24 countries experienced a significant increase in polarization, particularly in the lower tail of the distribution, and this distributional change lowered the pro-poor impact of growth substantially. Without this change, poverty could have decreased an additional 5-6 percentage points during the past decade.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/604321529955228067/The-devil-is-in-the-details-growth-polarization-and-poverty-reduction-in-Africa-in-the-past-two-decades
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8494
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29947
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8494
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectPOLARIZATION
dc.subjectRELATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY CHANGE
dc.subjectDECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
dc.titleThe Devil Is in the Detailsen
dc.title.subtitleGrowth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decadesen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Devil Is in the Details: Growth, Polarization, and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Past Two Decades
okr.date.disclosure2018-06-25
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8494
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Development Patterns and Poverty
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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