Binding: Hardcover
Description: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY - NC -s a 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. While the economic growth renaissance in sub - Saharan Africa is widely recognized much less is known about progress in living conditions. This book comprehensively evaluates trends in living conditions in 16 major sub - Saharan African countries corresponding to nearly 75% of the total population. A striking diversity of experience emerges. While monetary indicators improved in many countries others are yet to succeed in channeling the benefits of economic growth into the pockets of the poor. Some countries experienced little economic growth and saw little material progress for the poor. At the same time the large majority of countries have made impressive progress in key non - monetary indicators of wellbeing. Overall the African growth renaissance earns two cheers but not three. While gains in macroeconomic and political stability are real they are also fragile. Growth on a per capita basis is much better than in the 1980s and 1990s yet not rapid compared with other developing regions. Importantly from a pan - African perspective key economies - particularly Kenya Nigeria and South Africa - are not among the better performers. Looking forward realistic expectations are required. The development process is almost always a long hard slog. Nevertheless real and durable factors appear to be at play on the sub - continent with positive implications for growth and poverty reduction in future.
Title: Growth And Poverty In Sub - Saharan Africa
Brand: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198744795
Pages: 500 Pages, Figures And Tables
Publication Date: 6/7/2016
Series: WIDER Studies in Development Economics
Category: Development Economics & Emerging Economies