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Growth and Poverty Reduction : Case Studies from West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWodon, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-01T17:31:03Z
dc.date.available2012-06-01T17:31:03Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this volume is to assess the relationships between growth and poverty reduction on the basis of a number of case studies, all but one of which are based on recent household survey data. The first part of the volume presents data on Ghana and Senegal, two countries that have benefited from high levels of growth over the last dozen years. The analysis suggests that growth led to substantial reductions in the share of the population in poverty. Yet growth could not be said to be "pro-poor" because the gains in consumption for better off households were proportionately larger than the gains for poorer households. In the second part of the volume, case studies for Burkina Faso and Cape Verde are presented to solve the paradox of high growth without poverty reduction. It was initially believed in both countries that there had been no poverty reduction despite high growth during the 1990s. Yet a closer examination of the data suggests that this paradox was actually due to measurement errors: more careful work confirmed that poverty reduction was substantial. The third and last part of the volume presents case studies for Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria on the impediments to growth, with a focus on the negative impact of conflict and macroeconomic volatility on growth, and thereby on poverty. Overall, this volume makes a strong case for the positive impact of growth for the reduction in income and consumption poverty in West Africa but it also points to the need to pay close attention to changes in inequality as such changes have limited the gains from growth for the poor in several of the countries considered here.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/9870768/growth-poverty-reduction-case-studies-west-africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-6629-5
dc.identifier.isbn0-8213-6629-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6875
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC : World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Working Paper No.79
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectAGGREGATE POVERTY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectASSET POVERTY
dc.subjectAVERAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectCASE STUDIES
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDETERMINANTS OF GROWTH
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDIET
dc.subjectDIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
dc.subjectDISSEMINATION
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectECOLOGICAL ZONES
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC RECOVERY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectENROLMENT RATES
dc.subjectEXTERNAL FACTORS
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATES
dc.subjectFISCAL POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD COMMODITIES
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CROP
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectFOOD REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subjectGROWTH EFFECT
dc.subjectGROWTH EFFECTS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subjectHIGH GROWTH
dc.subjectHOSPITAL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectILL HEALTH
dc.subjectILLNESS
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CONFLICT
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME GAP
dc.subjectINCOME GROUPS
dc.subjectINCOME QUINTILE
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY REDUCTION
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLACK OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectLEVEL OF POVERTY
dc.subjectLEVELS OF CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectLIFESTYLES
dc.subjectLIVING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS MEASURES
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEAN VALUE
dc.subjectMICRO DATA
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectPATTERN OF CHANGE
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA GROWTH
dc.subjectPERSISTENT POVERTY
dc.subjectPOLICY STANCE
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectPOORER GROUPS
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHARE
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOTABLE WATER
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY HEAD
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY SEVERITY
dc.subjectPRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRO-POOR
dc.subjectPRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectQUALITY CONTROL
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRAPID GROWTH
dc.subjectREAL EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectREDUCTION OF POVERTY
dc.subjectRELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subjectREMOTE REGIONS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectRURAL ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL INCOMES
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectSCHOOL ENROLMENT
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSHARP REDUCTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERRORS
dc.subjectSTANDARD OF LIVING
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE POVERTY
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectWAGE EARNERS
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATORS
dc.titleGrowth and Poverty Reduction : Case Studies from West Africaen
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okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-6629-5
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
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