ASSESSMENT OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY INTO SECTOR COMPONENTS IN CAMEROON | Journal of Economics and

Using data from the 1996 and 2001 household surveys, this study examines the division of poverty and inequality into sector components in Cameroon. The research goals are to: 1) examine the evolution of poverty and inequality between 1996 and 2001, 2) evaluate the relative contributions of within and between sector effects to changes in aggregate poverty, 3) evaluate the relative contributions of within and between sector effects to levels and changes in inequality, and 4) derive policy implications from the analysis. The empirical estimates were calculated using a non-parametrically determined money-metric in the DAD 4.4 programme. The results of the poverty study demonstrate that Within-zones effects account for a greater proportion of monetary poverty changes than Between-zones impacts. In terms of inequality, income emphasises the importance of within-group components in explaining developments in inequality. In terms of policy, we support measures that promote labor-intensive growth.

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