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Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Beyond

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  • David E. Sahn
  • Stephen D. Younger

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We begin this paper by taking a look back at the adjustment, growth and poverty debate. Our analysis suggests that while the poor do not bear the disproportionae costs of adjustment policies, it is also the case that policy reforms have largely failed to contribute to the alleviation of poverty. We therefore explore the microeconomic, structural and institutional constraints to growth and poverty reduction. The three areas that we concentrate on in terms of removing the structural and fundamentally microeconomic constraints that impede growth and poverty alleviation are human resource development, vulnerability and risk management, and fiscal management through decentralisation. Copyright 2004, Oxford University Press.

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  • David E. Sahn & Stephen D. Younger, 2004. "Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Beyond," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 13(1), pages 66-95, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:13:y:2004:i:1:p:i66-i95
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    1. Inoue, Takeshi & Hamori, Shigeyuki, 2013. "Financial Permeation and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," MPRA Paper 53417, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Headey, Derek D. & Benson, Todd & Kolavalli, Shashidhara & Fan, Shenggen, 2009. "Why African governments under-invest in agriculture: results from an expert survey," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51818, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. Samuel Fambon, 2005. "Croissance économique, pauvreté et inégalité des revenus au Cameroun," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 13(1), pages 91-122.
    4. Pierre‐Richard Agénor, 2005. "The Macroeconomics Of Poverty Reduction," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 73(4), pages 369-434, July.

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