Is Inequality in Africa Really Different?

Is Inequality in Africa Really Different?

High inequality in Africa is something of a paradox: Africa should be a low-inequality continent according to the Kuznets hypothesis (because African countries are poor and agriculture-based), and also because land (the main asset) is widely shared...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milanovic, Branko
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE INCOME
DATA SET
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DECLINE
ECONOMIC FACTORS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY DATA
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURES
LAND OWNERSHIP
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL RESOURCES
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT
POOR
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
REAL INCOME
TAXATION
WEST INEQUITY
ETHNIC RELATIONS
ETHNIC CONFLICTS
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
INCOME INEQUALITIES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
PARTY AFFILIATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2856986/inequality-africa-really-different-inequality-africa-really-different
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17906

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2856986/inequality-africa-really-different-inequality-africa-really-different
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17906

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