Poverty in Africa : Analytical and Policy Perspectives.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Poverty in Africa: An Overview -- Context and scope -- Organization of the book -- Summary and overall findings -- Part II. Identification and Measurement of Poverty -- 2. Poverty Lines in Theory and Practice -- Introduction -- Poverty lines in theory -- Objective poverty lines -- Subjective poverty lines -- Poverty lines found in practice -- Conclusions -- 3. The State of Rural Poverty, Income Distribution and Rural Development in SSA -- Introduction -- The rural sector in SSA: A profile -- Factors influencing SSA rural sector development path -- Conclusions and some policy implications -- 4. Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Well-Being: African Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective -- Introduction -- Inequality -- Poverty -- Economic well-being -- Conclusions -- 5. Poverty Analysis within a General Equilibrium Framework -- Introduction -- Social accounting, income distribution and poverty -- The overall conceptual framework -- Classification and disaggregation of accounts -- Data requirements in the construction of a SAM -- SAM multiplier analysis and application to an African archetype economy -- General equilibrium models, income distribution and poverty -- Income distribution, poverty and poverty measurement -- Model description -- Simulation results -- Simulation 2: Import tariff reform -- Conclusions -- Part III. Poverty and Economic Reform -- 6. Adjustment, Income Distribution and Poverty in Africa: A Research Guide -- The evolution of the debate -- Methodological issues -- The evidence on SAPs and poverty in Africa -- Protecting the poor in SAPs -- Summary and conclusion -- 7. Gender, Poverty and Economic Reform in Africa -- Introduction.

Consumption: Are women poorer than men? -- Production: The gender division of labour -- Modelling the determinants of differences in consumption and production -- Gender and Structural Adjustment -- Gender-disaggregated statistics and research -- Conclusion -- 8. Fiscal Incidence in Africa: Microeconomic Evidence -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Summary and Conclusions -- Part IV. Labour Markets and Human Capital -- 9. Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- Labour data -- Labour force growth -- The structure of labour markets -- The structure and determinants of wages -- Migration -- Labour supply -- Determination of aggregate employment -- Changes in labour market institutions and labour market policies -- Concluding remarks -- 10. Empirical Modelling of Investment in Health and Nutrition -- Introduction -- Modelling health (and other human capital) investments -- Measurement of health -- Conclusions -- Endogenous programme placement and selective migration -- Social experiments -- Conclusions -- 11. Stabilization Policies, Poverty and the Labour Market: Analytical Issues and Empirical Evidence -- Introduction -- Poverty: Some recent evidence -- Transmission channels -- Formal framework -- Dynamics of spending cuts -- Empirical evidence -- Some research perspectives -- Summary and conclusions -- Index -- Back Cover.

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