UID:
edoccha_9958076723602883
Format:
xiii, 135 pages :
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illustrations ;
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26 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-81936-7
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9786610819362
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0-8213-6630-0
Series Statement:
World Bank working paper ; no. 79
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6629-7
Language:
English
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