Chapter 13. Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Six Countries during the Recent High-Growth Period

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

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Language:: English

Print Publication Date:: 24 Oct 2012

Keywords:: BOOK; price; government; commodity; natural resource; price shock; exchange rate; income distribution; price volatility; Natural resources; Income inequality; Oil; Food prices; Consumption; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Asia and Pacific; Middle East; household consumption; consumption growth; consumer durables; growth estimate; consumption differential; Income; Employment; Household consumption; Consumption distribution

Abstract

Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa experienced a period of high economic growth beginning in the mid-1990s, leading to renewed optimism about the region’s development prospects.1 Furthermore, most countries in the region weathered the global economic crisis of 2008–09 remarkably well, contrasting with previous episodes when growth collapsed as a result of external shocks.

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