A note on poverty, growth, and inequality nexus: evidence from a panel of sub-Saharan African countries

This study investigates the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty in a panel of 42 sub-Saharan African countries by using the latest 13 household surveys, during the period of 1981–2012. The study proposed a relatively new concept of pro-poor growth, which includes both the linear and...

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Published in:Quality & quantity 2018-09, Vol.52 (5), p.2173-2195
Main Authors: Mohamd Shoukry, Alaa, Jabeen, Musarrat, Zaman, Khalid, Gani, Showkat, Aamir, Alamzeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correlation analysis
Economic growth
Equality
Households
Income inequality
Inequality
Low income groups
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Polls & surveys
Poverty
Social Sciences
Studies
Surveys
Time series
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Summary:This study investigates the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty in a panel of 42 sub-Saharan African countries by using the latest 13 household surveys, during the period of 1981–2012. The study proposed a relatively new concept of pro-poor growth, which includes both the linear and non-linear growth components in a cross-sectional time series data, called ‘Pro-equality Growth Index (PeGI)’. The results confirm the ‘negative-linear’, ‘inverted U-shaped’, and ‘negative asymptotic U-shaped’ relationship between mean survey income and inequality in different model specifications. PeGI confirms the pro-equality growth process during 1984–1987 and 1996–1999 while remaining growth phases confirm the ‘anti-equality’ growth.
ISSN:0033-5177
1573-7845
DOI:10.1007/s11135-017-0654-9