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Explaining poverty evolution: The case of Mozambique

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile. This paper employs recently collected data on household consumption in Mozambique to examine the evolution of consumption poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was characterized by major movements in international commodity prices. Mozambique provides an illuminating case study of the implications of these world commodity price changes for living standards of poor people. Second, a novel 'backcasting' approach using a computable general equilibrium model of Mozambique, linked to a poverty module is introduced. Third, the backcasting approach is also employed to rigorously examine the poverty-growth-inequality triangle. Finally, various simple but useful and rarely applied approaches to considering regional changes in poverty rates are presented. We find that the national poverty rate in Mozambique stagnated between 2002/03 and 2008/09.

Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-92-9230-378-5

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2011/17

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economic Development: General
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Thema
measurement
poverty
growth
inequality
economy-wide modelling
Armut
Messung
Verbraucherausgaben
Mosambik

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Arndt, Channing
Hussain, M. Azhar
Jones, E. Samuel
Nhate, Virgulino
Tarp, Finn
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2011

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Arndt, Channing
  • Hussain, M. Azhar
  • Jones, E. Samuel
  • Nhate, Virgulino
  • Tarp, Finn
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2011

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