The Devil is in the Detail: Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Last Two Decades

Clementi, Fabio; Fabiani, Michele; Molini, Vasco

doi:10.1093/jae/ejz003

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“…Inequality manifests as income gap, gender inequality, inequality of opportunity, as well as, differences in standard of living -like health inequality and energy inequality (Brunori et al, 2019;Ramosa et al, 2020;and Gershon et al, 2019). Despite economic growth recorded in developing countries, poverty and especially inequality are observable within cities, across regions in such countries, as well as, across regions within continents and in the global south (Clementi and Molini, 2019). In this regard, the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries readily come to mind because they are mostly developing.…”

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Comparative investigation of the growth-poverty-inequality trilemma in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Adeleye

Gershon

Ogundipe

et al. 2020

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To "end poverty in all its forms everywhere" and "reduce inequality within and among countries", this study aligns with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 10. It uniquely contributes to the growth-poverty-inequality discourse by using per capita consumption expenditure growth (poverty), Gini index (inequality) and GDP growth (economic growth). It is a comparative analysis of 58 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Latin American (LAC) countries (from 2000 to 2015) to determine whether economic growth reduces the incidence of poverty and if its interaction with income inequality enhances or alters its impact on poverty. Consistent findings from a multianalytical approach using pooled ordinary least squares, fixed effects and system GMM reveal that: (1) economic growth exhibit poverty-reduction properties; (2) the growth rate of inequality intensifies poverty, (3) inequality aggravates the impact of growth on poverty, and (4) the growth-poverty-inequality trilemma differs across income groups and regional samples. Furthermore, this study submits that the interaction of income inequality dampens the positive impact of economic growth on the incidence of poverty and supports the argument that the extent of inequality lessens the effect of inclusiveness. Hence, income inequality is a crucial determinant of poverty. Policy implications are discussed.

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Comparative investigation of the growth-poverty-inequality trilemma in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Adeleye

Gershon

Ogundipe

et al. 2020

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“…6 The relative distribution is a well-established approach to distributional analysis. At present, it has been employed by Alderson et al (2005), Massari et al (2009a, b), Doran (2011, 2013), Borraz et al (2013), Clementi and Schettino (2015), Nissanov and Pittau (2016), Petrarca and Ricciuti (2016), Clementi et al (2017Clementi et al ( , 2018Clementi et al ( , 2019aClementi et al ( , 2019b, and Nissanov (2017). 7 Here we limit ourselves to illustrating the basic concepts behind the use of the relative distribution method.…”

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Polarization and its discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring

Clementi

Khan

Molini³

et al. 2022

J Econ Inequal

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Polarization and its Discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring

Clementi¹,

Khan²,

Molini³

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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The Devil is in the Detail: Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Last Two Decades

Cited by 17 publications

References 54 publications

Comparative investigation of the growth-poverty-inequality trilemma in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Comparative investigation of the growth-poverty-inequality trilemma in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Polarization and its discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring

Polarization and its Discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring

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