Prospects for pro-poor growth in Africa

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This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We examine the levels and trends in income distribution in some African countries and calculate pro-poor growth indices. Different growth patterns are simulated for Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique, and South Africa. We conclude that the balance between policies aimed at growth and measures aimed at redistribution should depend on the elasticity of the growth-equity tradeoff. We also discuss what the appropriate ingredients of a pro-poor strategy would be in the African setting.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch
• ISBN: 929190631X

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2004/42

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
• Subject: pro-poor growth ; Africa ; Millennium Development Goals ; income distribution ; poverty ; Einkommensverteilung ; Armut ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Armutspolitik ; Afrika

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bigsten, Arne ; Shimeles, Abebe
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63348
• Last update: 12.07.2024, 1:23 PM CEST