Growth and poverty reduction [[electronic resource] ] : case studies from West Africa / / edited by Quentin Wodon

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.4/60966
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Government policy - Africa, West; Poverty - Africa, West
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, West Economic conditions Case studies; Africa, West Economic policy Case studies
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WodonQuentin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Boxes
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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 was
• Titolo autorizzato: Growth and poverty reduction
• ISBN: 1-280-81936-7; 9786610819362; 0-8213-6630-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451736203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank working paper ; ; no. 79.