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Growth and poverty reduction : case studies from West Africa

Wodon, Quentin

2007

Overview

This volume provides a set of six case studies from West Africa. These assess the benefits of growth (or the costs of a lack of growth) in terms of poverty reduction in those countries. The first part of this book describes the experience of two countries (Ghana and Senegal) that achieved high levels of growth in the 1990s, and that also experienced important reductions in poverty, even though growth was not strictly pro-poor. The second part describes the experience of two other countries (Burkina Faso and Cape Verde) that also achieved high levels of growth in the 1990s, but where there was an initial perception that growth did not lead to much poverty reduction. The more detailed analysis of poverty presented here suggests however that these two countries did witness a sharp reduction in their population share in poverty, as would have been expected given their growth record. Finally, in the third part, the authors argue that a lack of growth in the 1990s in Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria has been a key reason for their persistently high levels of poverty. Overall, the case studies in this Working Paper make a strong case for the positive impact of growth on poverty reduction in West Africa. However, they also point to the need to pay close attention to changes in inequality, because such changes have limited the gains from growth for the poor in several of the countries considered here.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC : World Bank
• Subject: ABSOLUTE POVERTY / ACCESS TO EDUCATION / ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY / ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE / ACCESS TO INFORMATION / Africa, West / Africa, West -- Economic conditions -- Case studies / Africa, West -- Economic policy -- Case studies / AGGREGATE POVERTY / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / AGRICULTURAL SECTOR / ASSET POVERTY / AVERAGE LEVEL / BASIC NEEDS / CASE STUDIES / CHANGES IN POVERTY / CIVIL WAR / CONFLICT / CONSUMER PRICE / CONSUMER PRICE INDEX / CONSUMER PRICES / CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE / CONSUMPTION DATA / CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE / CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA / CONSUMPTION POVERTY / CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION / DETERMINANTS OF GROWTH / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS / DIET / DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY / DISSEMINATION / DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT / DIVERSIFICATION / DRINKING WATER / ECOLOGICAL ZONES / ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES / ECONOMIC ACTIVITY / ECONOMIC CONDITIONS / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT / ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE / ECONOMIC POLICY / ECONOMIC RECOVERY / ECONOMIC REFORM / ENROLMENT RATES / EXTERNAL FACTORS / EXTREME POVERTY / EXTREME POVERTY LINE / FARMERS / FERTILITY / FERTILITY RATES / FISCAL POLICY / FOOD COMMODITIES / FOOD CONSUMPTION / FOOD CROP / FOOD EXPENDITURE / FOOD ITEMS / FOOD POVERTY / FOOD POVERTY LINE / FOOD REQUIREMENTS / GENDER DIFFERENTIALS / Government policy / GOVERNMENT SPENDING / GROWTH EFFECT / GROWTH EFFECTS / GROWTH RATE / GROWTH RATES / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE SERVICES / HEALTH FACILITIES / HIGH GROWTH / HOSPITAL / HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION / HOUSEHOLD HEAD / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLD INCOMES / HOUSEHOLD LEVEL / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS / ILL HEALTH / ILLNESS / IMPACT OF CONFLICT / INCIDENCE OF POVERTY / INCOME GAP / INCOME GROUPS / INCOME QUINTILE / INDUSTRIAL SECTOR / INEQUALITY / INEQUALITY DYNAMICS / INEQUALITY MEASURES / INEQUALITY REDUCTION / INFLATION / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKETS / LACK OF DEVELOPMENT / LEGAL STATUS / LEVEL OF POVERTY / LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION / LIFESTYLES / LIVING CONDITIONS / LIVING STANDARDS / LIVING STANDARDS MEASURES / MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT / MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY / MACROECONOMIC POLICIES / MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY / MEAN INCOME / MEAN VALUE / Measurement / MICRO DATA / MIGRATION / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL / NATIONAL ACCOUNTS / NATIONAL LEVEL / NATIONAL POVERTY / NEGATIVE IMPACT / NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS / PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT / PATTERN OF CHANGE / PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION / PER CAPITA GROWTH / PERSISTENT POVERTY / POLICY STANCE / POLITICAL INSTABILITY / POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION / POOR / POOR COMMUNITIES / POORER GROUPS / POORER HOUSEHOLDS / POPULATION GROWTH / POPULATION SHARE / POPULATION SIZE / POTABLE WATER / Poverty / Poverty -- Africa, West -- Case studies / Poverty -- Government policy -- Africa, West -- Case studies / Poverty alleviation / POVERTY ASSESSMENTS / POVERTY CHANGE / POVERTY ESTIMATES / POVERTY GAP / POVERTY GAP INDEX / POVERTY HEAD / POVERTY INCIDENCE / POVERTY INDICES / POVERTY LEVELS / POVERTY LINES / POVERTY MAP / POVERTY MEASUREMENT / POVERTY MEASURES / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES / POVERTY SEVERITY / PRIVATE INVESTMENT / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRO-POOR / PRO-POOR GROWTH / PROGRESS / PUBLIC INVESTMENT / PUBLIC SECTOR / PUBLIC SPENDING / PURCHASING POWER / QUALITY CONTROL / RADIO / RAPID GROWTH / REAL EXCHANGE RATE / REDUCTION IN POVERTY / REDUCTION OF POVERTY / RELATIVE IMPORTANCE / REMOTE REGIONS / RURAL / RURAL AREAS / RURAL COMMUNITIES / RURAL DIFFERENCES / RURAL ELECTRIFICATION / RURAL HOUSEHOLDS / RURAL INCOMES / RURAL POOR / SCHOOL ENROLMENT / SECONDARY SCHOOL / SEX / SHARP REDUCTION / SOCIAL SECURITY / STANDARD ERRORS / STANDARD OF LIVING / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / SUBSISTENCE / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / SUSTAINABLE POVERTY / SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION / TELEVISION / URBAN AREAS / URBAN COMMUNITIES / VULNERABILITY / WAGE EARNERS / WAR / WELFARE INDICATOR / WELFARE INDICATORS / West Africa
• ISBN: 9780821366295, 0821366297, 9780821366301, 0821366300