| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 466 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
UNU-WIDER studies in development economics. |
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Studies in development economics.
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| Note |
A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
While the economic growth renaissance in sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognised, much less is known about progress in living conditions. This book evaluates trends in living conditions in 16 major sub-Saharan African countries, corresponding to nearly 75% of the total population. |
| Contents |
1. Growth and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa / Channing Arndt, Andy McKay, and Finn Tarp -- 2. Synthesis: Two cheers for the African growth renaissance (but not three) / Channing Arndt, Andy McKay, and Finn Tarp -- Part 1: Rapid growth and rapid poverty reduction. 3. Poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11 : welfare improvements in a changing economic landscape / David Stifel and Tassew Woldehanna ; 4. Ghana : poverty reduction over thirty years / Andy McKay, Jukka Pirttilä, and Finn Tarp ; 5. Did rapid smallholder-led agricultural growth fail to reduce rural poverty? Making sense of Malawi's poverty puzzle / Karl Pauw, Ulrik Beck, and Richard Mussa ; 6. Growth, poverty reduction, and inequality in Rwanda / Andy McKay and Marijke Verpoorten ; 7. Poverty and its dynamics in Uganda : explorations using a new set of poverty lines / Bjorn Van Campenhout, Haruna Sekabira, and Dede Houeto Aduayom -- Part 2: Rapid growth but limited poverty reduction. 8. Burkina Faso : shipping around the Malthusian trap / Michael Grimm, Claude Wetta, and Aude Nikiema ; 9. Mozambique : off-track or temporarily sidelined? / Channing Arndt, E. Samuel Jones, and Finn Tarp ; 10. Spatial and temporal multidimensional poverty in Nigeria / Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Kristi Mahrt, and Olufunke A. Alaba ; 11. Growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania / Channing Arndt, Lionel Demery, Andy McKay, and Finn Tarp ; 12. Assessing progress in welfare improvements in Zambia : a multidimensional approach / Gibson Masumbu and Kristi Mahrt -- Part 3: Uninspiring/negative growth and poverty reduction. 13. Slow progress in growth and poverty reduction in Cameroon / Samuel Fambon, Andy McKay, Joseph-Pierre Timnou, Olive Stéphanie Kouakep, Anaclet Désiré Dzossa, and Romain Tchakoute Ngoho ; 14. The fall of the elephant : two decades of poverty increasein Cote d'Ivoire, 1988-2008 / Denis Cogneau, Kenneth Houngbedji, and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps ; 15. Incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya : a long-term perspective / Arne Bigsten, Damiano Kulundu Manda, Germano Mwabu, and Anthony Wambugu ; 16. Utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10 : snapshots in the presence of multiple economy-wide shocks / David Stifel, Tiaray Razafimanantena, and Faly Rakotomanana ; 17. Poverty, inequality, and prices in post-apartheid South Africa / Murray Leibbrandt, Arden Finn, and Morné Oosthuizen -- Part 4: Low information countries. 18. Growth and poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo : 2001-13 / Kristi Mahrt and Malokele Nanivazo. |
| Local Note |
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Open Access Books |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions.
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Development economics and emerging economies Mod Development economics and emerging economies.
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Economic growth.
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Economics, finance, business and management.
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Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic development. (OCoLC)fst00901785
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Sub-Saharan Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239520
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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| Added Author |
Arndt, Channing, editor.
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McKay, Andy, 1973- editor.
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Tarp, Finn, 1951- editor.
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World Institute for Development Economics Research.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Arndt, Channing. Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2016 |
| ISBN |
0191805955 (electronic book) |
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9780191805950 (electronic book) |
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9780191062230 (electronic book) |
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0191062235 (electronic book) |
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9780198744795 |
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019874479X |
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