Absent actual panel household survey data, this paper constructs, for the first time, synthetic panel data for more than 20 countries accounting for two-thirds of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this process, the analysis employs repeated cross sections that span, on average, a six-year period for each country. The analysis suggests that all these countries as a whole have had pro-poor growth. One-third of the poor population escaped poverty...
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2017/04/01
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Document de travail (série numérotée)
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125693
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2018/04/25
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Is poverty in Africa mostly chronic or transient? : evidence from synthetic panel data
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basic package of health services