Sub-Saharan Africa

This page links to summaries of World Bank poverty analyses, including poverty assessments, poverty notes, poverty updates, country economic memorandums and development reports. The full text documents are also provided when available (use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the them). Poverty assessments have been key instruments of the World Bank's poverty reduction strategy since 1992 (see Guidance on Poverty Assessments.

COUNTRY

YEAR

TITLE

Benin	1994	Toward a Poverty Alleviation Strategy for Benin
	2004	Poverty Assessment
Burkina Faso	2005	Reducing Poverty through Sustained Equitable Growth — Poverty Assessment
Burundi	1999	Poverty Note: Prospects for Social Protection in a Crisis Economy
Cameroon	1995	Diversity, Growth and Poverty Reduction
Cape Verde	1994	Poverty in Cape Verde: A Summary Assessment and a Strategy for its Alleviation
Chad	1998	Poverty Assessment: Constraints to Rural Development
Comoros	1995	Poverty and Growth in a Traditional Small Island Economy
Congo, Rep. of	1997	Poverty Assessment
Cote d'Ivoire	1997	Poverty in Cote d'Ivoire: A Framework for Action
Djibouti	1998	Crossroads of the Horn of Africa: Poverty Assessment
Eritrea	1996	Poverty Assessment
Ethiopia	1993	Toward Poverty Alleviation and a Social Action Program
	2005	Well-Being and Poverty in Ethiopia: The Role of Agriculture and Agency
Gabon	1997	Poverty in a Rent-Based Economy
Gambia	1993	An Assessment of Poverty
Ghana	1993	2000 and Beyond: Setting the Stage for Accelerated Growth and Poverty Reduction
	1995	Ghana: Poverty Past, Present and Future
Guinea	1997	A Socioeconomic Assessment of Well-Being and Poverty
Guinea Bissau	1994	Poverty Assessment and Social Sector Strategy Review
	2006	Integrated Poverty and Social Assessment (IPSA) -- Transition from Post Conflict to Long-Term Development: Policy Considerations for Reducing Poverty
Kenya	1995	Poverty Assessment
Madagascar	1996	Poverty Assessment
Malawi	1996	Human Resources and Poverty: Profile and Priorities for Action
Mali	1993	Assessment of Living Conditions
Mauritania	1995	Poverty Assessment
Mauritius	1995	Country Economic Memorandum: Sharpening the Competitive Edge
Namibia	1993	Poverty Alleviation with Sustainable Growth
Niger	1996	Poverty Assessment: A Resilient People in a Harsh Environment
Nigeria	1996	Poverty in the Midst of Plenty: The Challenge of Growth with Inclusion
Rwanda	1994	Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Growth
	1998	Poverty Note: Rebuilding an Equitable Society --Poverty and Poverty Reduction After the Genocide
Senegal	1995	An Assessment of Living Conditions
Seychelles	1994	Poverty in Paradise
Sierra Leone	1993	Public Expenditure Policies for Sustained Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation
Swaziland	2000	Reducing Poverty Through Shared Growth
Tanzania	1996	The Challenge of Reforms: Growth, Incomes and Welfare
Togo	1996	Overcoming the Crisis, Overcoming Poverty: A World Bank Poverty Assessment
Uganda	1993	Growing Out of Poverty
	2000	Lessons from Uganda on Strategies to Fight Poverty
	2005	Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment
Zambia	1995	Poverty Assessment
	2005	Zambia: Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment
Zimbabwe	1995	Country Economic Memorandum: Achieving Shared Growth

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