03007oam 22007095 450 991082799710332120200520144314.01-280-81936-797866108193620-8213-6630-010.1596/978-0-8213-6629-5(CKB)1000000000473210(EBL)459751(OCoLC)182530704(SSID)ssj0000087226(PQKBManifestationID)11980775(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087226(PQKBWorkID)10054717(PQKB)11632973(MiAaPQ)EBC459751(Au-PeEL)EBL459751(CaPaEBR)ebr10170953(CaONFJC)MIL81936(The World Bank)77575055(The World Bank)ocm77575055(US-djbf)14687778(EXLCZ)99100000000047321020070108d2007 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGrowth and poverty reduction : case studies from West Africa /edited by Quentin WodonWashington, D.C. :World Bank,c2007.xiii, 135 pages illustrations ;26 cmWorld Bank working paper ;no. 79Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-6629-7 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; 1. Growth and Poverty Reduction in West Africa-A Brief Overview; Part I. Poverty Reduction In High Growth Countries; List of Tables; List of Figures; Part II. Growth Without Poverty Reduction?; List of BoxesThis volume provides a set of six case studies from West Africa. These assess the benefits of growth (or the costs of a lack of growth) in terms of poverty reduction in those countries. The first part of this book describes the experience of two countries (Ghana and Senegal) that achieved high levels of growth in the 1990's, and that also experienced important reductions in poverty, even though growth was not strictly pro-poor. The second part describes the experience of two other countries (Burkina Faso and Cape Verde) that also achieved high levels of growth in the 1990's, but where there wasWorld Bank e-Library.PovertyGovernment policyAfrica, WestCase studiesPovertyAfrica, WestCase studiesAfrica, WestEconomic conditionsCase studiesAfrica, WestEconomic policyCase studiesPovertyGovernment policyPoverty339.4/60966Wodon Quentin1104883DLCDLCYDXBAKERBTCTAYDXCPDLCBOOK9910827997103321Growth and poverty reduction4047258UNINA