Economic growth and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa /

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Author / Creator:	Moser, Gary G. (Gary Gene), 1958-
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, African Dept., ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (35 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/01/112 IMF working paper ; WP/01/112.
Subject:	Poverty -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Economic history. Poverty. Social conditions Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions. Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions. Sub-Saharan Africa.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12496396

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Other authors / contributors:	Ichida, Toshihiro. International Monetary Fund. African Department.
ISBN:	1451899033 9781451899030
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-32). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This study confirms a strong and robust relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa. Employing a panel of 46 countries covering the period 1972-97, the analysis finds that a 10 percent increase in per capita GDP leads to a 1 percent increase in life expectancy, a 3-4 percent decline in infant mortality rates, and a 3 1/2-4 percent increase in the rate of gross primary school enrollment. The results are robust for high- and low-income, as well as fast- and slow-growth, countries. The study also finds that quality of growth, civil conflict, HIV/AIDs, civil and institutional freedom, and island economies are important control variables that help explain the variability of poverty across Africa. A country's latitude is not found to be a significant factor explaining life expectancy or infant mortality rates, though it is a significant factor explaining gross primary school enrollments.
Other form:	Print version: Moser, Gary G. (Gary Gene), 1958- Economic growth and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, African Dept., ©2001
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781451899030.001

Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
I. Introduction
II. The Links Between Growth and Poverty
III. Poverty Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
A. Africa's Widening Poverty Gap
B. Civil Conflict and Poverty
C. Economic Growth and Poverty
D. HIV/AIDS and Poverty
IV. Framework for Empirical Analysis-Methodology
V. Empirical Results
A. Causal Relationship Between Growth and Non-Income Poverty
B. Empirical Results-The Basic Model
C. Empirical Results-The Basic Model With Country Sub-Groupings
D. Empirical Results-An Expanded Model With Policy and Control Variables
VI. Tentative Conclusions
References
Text Tables
1. Share of population Living Below US1 per day
2. Nonincome Poverty Indicators, Real GDP and Population, 1980-99
3. Sub-Saharan Africa: Poverty Trends, Conflict and Nonconflict Countries, 1972-97
4. Nonincome Poverty Trends in SSA by Income Level and Growth Rates, 1972-97
5. Summary Test Results
6. GDP per capita and Poverty: Basic Model with Country Groupings
7. Summary of Expanded Instrumental Variable Model
8. Summary of Expanded Model, Including Quality of Growth
Box
1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Income of the Poor and National Income
Figures
1. Sub-Saharan African Countries: Life Expectancy and Per Capita GDP
2. Sub-Saharan African Countries: Infant Mortality and Per Capita GDP
3. Sub-Saharan African Countries: Primary Education Enrollment and Per Capita GDP
Appendix Tables
1. Data Definitions and Sources
2. Country Groupings Used in Table 6.

Economic growth and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa /

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