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Data gaps: The poor typical household surveys miss
Standard measures of poverty and inequality are calculated at the household level—assuming resources are pooled and shared equally among its members. The World Bank Group’s new global poverty...
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L’Europe face à la crise des réfugiés : ce que l’Afrique subsaharienne peut...
Les milliers de personnes ayant frappé aux portes de l’Europe en 2015 ont suscité une attention médiatique considérable. Si l’on ne peut que se féliciter de cet intérêt, que dire du silence relatif...
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Inequality of opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
It is widely known that, compared to other continents, poverty rates are particularly high in Africa. Somewhat less appreciated is that inequality within countries also tends to be high. “Poverty in a...
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Testing times for South Africa
Concerns about South Africa’s economy have been rising, after years of slowing growth following the post-financial crisis peak of 3.2% in 2011. South Africans lament the plunge of the Rand—a 30%...
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Safety net programs can reach the poor and most vulnerable in Africa through...
Safety nets have the potential to play an important role in protecting the well-being of poor and vulnerable households in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the world’s poorest region—and also one of the most...
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Filets sociaux en Afrique : de nouvelles méthodes de ciblage pour atteindre...
La mise en place de filets sociaux bien ciblés en Afrique subsaharienne pourrait fortement contribuer à protéger le bien-être des ménages pauvres et vulnérables. Dans une région qui est la plus pauvre...
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Violences domestiques et pauvreté en Afrique : quand les coups du mari ont la...
Selon les dernières statistiques, 51 % des Africaines considèrent que leurs maris ont raison de les battre quand elles sortent sans leur autorisation, ne s’occupent pas bien des enfants, argumentent,...
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Is Inequality in Africa Rising?
Inequality is typically measured at the country-level. “Poverty in a Rising Africa,” the latest World Bank Group Africa poverty report, does not find a systematic increase in inequality - the number of...
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