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The Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Inequality among All Africans

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dc.contributor.authorJirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah
dc.contributor.authorLakner, Christoph
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-09T21:57:15Z
dc.date.available2016-03-09T21:57:15Z
dc.date.issued2016-02
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses a set of national household surveys to study the regional Sub-Saharan Africa distribution of consumption expenditure among individuals during 1993 to 2008. The analysis puts the disparities in living standards that exist among persons in Africa into context with the disparities that exist within and between African countries. Regional interpersonal inequality has increased (from a Gini index of 52 percent in 1993 to 56 percent in 2008), driven by increasing disparities in living standards across countries, while there has been no systematic increase in within-country inequality. For the African distribution as a whole, growth of consumption expenditure (from household surveys) has been low (around 1 percent per year). This growth has been uneven and as a result the richest 5 percent of Africans received around 40 percent of the total gains, while the bottom third stagnated.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25867448/distribution-consumption-expenditure-sub-saharan-africa-inequality-among-all-africans
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7557
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23913
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7557
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectINCOME SHARE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectCOUNTRY CLASSIFICATIONS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectPRICE LEVELS
dc.subjectLAGS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCREASING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectREAL GDP
dc.subjectEXCHANGE
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY HEADCOUNT
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectWELFARE
dc.subjectREAL GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectGROWTH SPELLS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectDECREASING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTLOOK
dc.subjectINEQUALITY RESULTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectBETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectBASE YEAR
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectINFLATION RATE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectPRODUCT
dc.subjectPOOR GROWTH
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectINCOME CONVERGENCE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY COMPONENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectLOGARITHMIC SCALE
dc.subjectPOWER PARITY
dc.subjectREGIONAL MEDIAN
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHARE
dc.subjectLORENZ CURVE
dc.subjectVALUE
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectINCREASING SHARE
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectMACRO-ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subjectMEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subjectFALLING POVERTY
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectLOW INCOME
dc.subjectRESIDUAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectGROUP INEQUALITY
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectTHEORY
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectGROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectAVERAGE ANNUAL
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectPRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subjectPOSITIVE GROWTH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectANNUAL RATE
dc.subjectMEASURING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectMARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME
dc.subjectMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectGROWTH PROCESS
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectINCOME GROUPS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectREGIONAL INEQUALITY
dc.titleThe Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africaen
dc.title.subtitleThe Inequality among All Africansen
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist, Africa Region and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice Group
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