Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Literature Survey and Empirical Assessment
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- Delfin Go & Denis Nikitin & Xiongjian Wang & Heng-fu Zou, 2007. "Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Literature Survey and Empirical Assessment," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 8(2), pages 251-304, November.
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Poverty; Inequality; African Economy;JEL classification:
- D41 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Perfect Competition
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2011-08-22 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2011-08-22 (All new papers)
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