Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa : Prospects for 'Pro-Poor' Growth in Africa
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2003-09Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
Bigsten, Arne;Abebe Shimeles;
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
Economic Policy Research Center;
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This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages
with economic growth and poverty reduction in order to understand
the prospect 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 trade-off.
We also discuss what the appropriate ingredients of a pro-poor
strategy would be in the African setting.
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“Bigsten, Arne; Abebe Shimeles; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; Economic Policy Research Center (2003-09). Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa : Prospects for 'Pro-Poor' Growth in Africa. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/3384”Collections
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