Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa

By Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A Pattillo

February 28, 2006

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Kevin J Carey, Sanjeev Gupta, and Catherine A Pattillo. Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed December 3, 2024

Summary

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals. Economists have placed increasing emphasis on understanding the policies that promote sustained jumps in medium-term growth, and the paper applies this approach to African countries. The evidence presented finds an important growth-supporting role for particular kinds of institutions and policies, but also highlights aspects of growth that are still not well understood. The paper includes policy guidance for ensuring that the poor benefit from growth.

Subject: Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Income inequality, National accounts, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Production, Total factor productivity

Keywords: Africa, Conflict country, Country, Country case studies, Dem. rep., Global, Growth in sub-Saharan Africa, Growth opportunity, Growth rate, Inclusive growth, Income inequality, ISI, Policy, Poverty reduction, SI, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa country, Sub-Saharan Africa data, Total factor productivity, World Bank's country policy

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ISIEA2006001
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