Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty: The Experience of Côte d'Ivoire from 1985 to 2002
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Date
2012-11
Authors
Kouadio, Koffi Eric,
Gbongue, Mamadou
Yaya, Outtara
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AERC
Abstract
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the importance of analysing the relationship
between growth, income distribution and poverty in Côte d’Ivoire. The study was
based on the multilateral comparison method used to measure the effects of growth and
inequality on the poverty dynamics. The data used were taken from the Côte d’Ivoire
Living Standard Survey (CILSS) carried out by the National Institute of Statistics
(INS); they were collected from households in 1985, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2002. The
study assumed that the survey data were comparable. As a first step we followed the
procedure used by Kakwani (1997), which involved measuring the effects of growth
and inequality on poverty on the basis of multilateral comparison. As a second step, we
used the approach of Duclos (2002) to measure the growth–poverty elasticity and the
poverty–inequality elasticity. The results showed that inequality was the key factor in
the poverty evolution of Côte d’Ivoire. They further showed that this evolution was not
linked to a demographic phenomenon, but rather to intra-group poverty and an unequal
distribution of income within these groups.
Description
HC 1025 .Z 9 .I5143 2012
Keywords
Income distribution - Cote d'Ivoire , Cote d'Ivoire - Economic conditions , Economic History