Zambia Poverty Assessment : Stagnant Poverty and Inequality in a Natural Resource-Based Economy

Zambia Poverty Assessment : Stagnant Poverty and Inequality in a Natural Resource-Based Economy

As in many countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and around the developing world, poverty in Zambia is overwhelmingly a rural phenomenon. In 2010 the moderate poverty rate in rural areas was 74 percent, more than double the urban poverty rate of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Poverty Assessment
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
DONORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
INEQUALITY
JOB CREATION
LABOR MARKET
POVERTY REDUCTION
RURAL POVERTY
SOCIAL SPENDING
URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/18286675/zambia-poverty-assessment-stagnant-poverty-inequality-natural-resource-based-economy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16792

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/18286675/zambia-poverty-assessment-stagnant-poverty-inequality-natural-resource-based-economy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16792

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