Leaving no one behind: Urban poverty traps in Sub-Saharan Africa

Tackling the Last Hurdles of Poverty Entrenchment: An Investigation of Poverty Dynamics for Ghana During 2005/06-2016/17

“…Our finding on the important role of urban residence in reducing poverty and upward mobility among the poor is consistent with Janz et al's (2023) finding for several other sub-Saharan African countries. Yet, Janz et al (2023) also observe that not everyone equally experiences the positive impacts of urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa. As an example, rural households have higher levels of energy poverty than urban households (Crentsil et al, 2019).…”