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Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: The Case Study of Cameroon

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  • Samuel Fambon
  • Andy McKay
  • Joseph-Pierre Timnou
  • Olive Stéphanie Kouakep
  • Anaclet Dzossa
  • Romain Tchakoute

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the growth performance of the Cameroonian economy from independence in 1960 to date, and then to use this as a background for the analysis of poverty, inequality, and non-monetary outcomes. The analysis of poverty and inequality uses the microeconomic data from three comparable and nationally representative Cameroonian household surveys that were conducted respectively in 1996, 2001, and 2007.

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  • Samuel Fambon & Andy McKay & Joseph-Pierre Timnou & Olive Stéphanie Kouakep & Anaclet Dzossa & Romain Tchakoute, 2014. "Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: The Case Study of Cameroon," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-154, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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