Stress-Testing Africa's Recent Growth and Poverty Performance

Devarajan, Shantayanan; Go, Delfin S.; Maliszewska, Maryla; Osorio‐Rodarte, Israel; Timmer, Hans

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-6517

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“…The GIDD in turned is explained by Bourguignon and Bussolo (). As an example, the combined framework was applied to stress test the recent growth and poverty performance of SSA (Devarajan et al., ). In this current paper, the framework is extended and applied to the demographic issues of SSA.…”

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How Significant Is Sub‐Saharan Africa's Demographic Dividend for Its Future Growth and Poverty Reduction?

Ahmed

Cruz

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Review Development Economics

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Sub-Saharan Africa will be undergoing substantial demographic changes over the next 15 years with the rising working-age share of its population. The opportunity of African countries to convert these changes into demographic dividends for growth and poverty reduction will depend on several factors. The outlook will likely be good if African countries can continue the gains already made under better institutions and policies, particularly those affecting the productivity of labor, such as educational outcomes. If African countries can continue to build on the hard-won development gains, the demographic dividend could account for 11-15% of gross domestic product (GDP) volume growth by 2030, while accounting for 40-60 million fewer poor in 2030. The gains can become more substantial with better educational outcomes that allow African countries to catch up to other developing countries. If the skill share of Africa's labor supply doubles because of improvements in educational attainment, from 25 to about 50% between 2011 and 2030, then the demographic dividends can expand the regional economy additionally by 22% by 2030 relative to the base case and reduce poverty by an additional 51 million people.

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How Significant Is Sub‐Saharan Africa's Demographic Dividend for Its Future Growth and Poverty Reduction?

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Review Development Economics

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“…The impact of droughts is modeled through two channels: a shock on the income of farmers and a shock on food prices for consumers. The vulnerability of poverty reduction to food price hikes has already been demonstrated, for instance in (Ivanic and Martin 2008;Ivanic, Martin, and Zaman 2012;Hertel, Burke, and Lobell 2010;Devarajan et al 2013). An increase in food prices reduces households' available income, but especially consumption of the poor who spend a large share of their income on food products.…”

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Model and Methods for Estimating the Number of People Living in Extreme Poverty Because of the Direct Impacts of Natural Disasters

Hallegatte¹,

Rozenberg

2016

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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“…They calculated that conflict generates a 2% decline in the rate of economic growth. Shanta Devarajan et al (2013) use cross-country regressions to show that countries which experience more than 100 casualties from violence against civilians in a given year would experience a decline in economic growth of 2.3%. As such, by far the greatest public good that regional cooperation arrangements can confer would be to help reduce conflict.…”

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21st Century Cooperation : Regional Public Goods, Global Governance, and Sustainable Development

Estevadeordal¹,

Goodman²

2017

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This edited volume explains the importance of regional public goods (RPGs) for sustainable development and shows why they are particularly important in the context of 21st-century international relations. By presenting a new and original data set and by presenting original essays by renowned scholars, this book lays the foundation for what will become an increasingly important focus for both economic development and international relations as well as for their intersection.The volume contains four parts. The first introduces the core issues and concepts that are explored throughout the book as well as a new and original data set on RPGs. The second part further develops specific concepts important for understanding 21st-century RPGs: regional leadership, alliances, networks, and outcomes. The third examines how cooperation takes place worldwide for a range of important RPGs. Finally, the fourth part discusses how public goods are produced in specific regions, stressing that each region has a distinct context and that these contexts overlap in a decentered "multiplex" manner.Global economic cooperation will be different in the 21st century, and this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of global governance, economic development, international political economy, sustainable development, and comparative regionalism. Antoni Estevadeordal is Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB).Louis W. Goodman is Professor and Emeritus Dean, School of International Service, American University. 21st Century CooperationRegional Public Goods, Global Governance, and Sustainable Development Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Edited by Antoni Estevadeordal and Louis W. Goodman British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library (Bilateral, 1945(Bilateral, -2014 31 2.6 Regionality of Brazil by RPG Function (Bilateral, 1945(Bilateral, -2014 Paulo Barbieri is Regional Public Goods Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Suh-Yong Chung is Professor of the Division of International Studies at Korea University.Uri Dadush is Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center, Rabat. He is also NonResident Scholar at Bruegel, Brussels. Michelle Egan is Jean Monnet Professor Louis W. Goodman is Professor and Emeritus Dean of the School ofInternational Service at American University, Washington, D.C. Jacint Jordana is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He is also Director of the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals.Theodore Kahn is a doctoral candidate at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Masahiro Kawai is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of PublicPolicy at the University of Tokyo. Teng Liu is Research Associate in Inte...

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Stress-Testing Africa's Recent Growth and Poverty Performance

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

How Significant Is Sub‐Saharan Africa's Demographic Dividend for Its Future Growth and Poverty Reduction?

How Significant Is Sub‐Saharan Africa's Demographic Dividend for Its Future Growth and Poverty Reduction?

Model and Methods for Estimating the Number of People Living in Extreme Poverty Because of the Direct Impacts of Natural Disasters

21st Century Cooperation : Regional Public Goods, Global Governance, and Sustainable Development

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