Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa: Trends, Policies and the Role of International Organizations
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Keywords
Poverty; sustainable development; inclusive growth; policies; governance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2016-08-14 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2016-08-14 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2016-08-14 (Development)
- NEP-MAC-2016-08-14 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PKE-2016-08-14 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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