TY - BOOK ID - 136725380 TI - Patterns of Long Term Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa AU - Arbache, Jorge Saba AU - Page, John PY - 2007 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Average Growth Rate KW - Economic Conditions and Volatility KW - Economic Growth KW - Economic Performance KW - Economic Theory and Research KW - Gross Domestic Product KW - Growth Performance KW - Growth Volatility KW - Income KW - Income Distribution KW - Inequality KW - Long-Run Growth KW - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth KW - Poverty Reduction KW - Pro-Poor Growth KW - Purchasing Power KW - Purchasing Power Parity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136725380 AB - Using the most recent purchasing power parity data for 44 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper examines the characteristics of long run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors investigate the following issues: cross-country income structure, income convergence, the country level distribution of income, growth and income persistence, and formation of convergence clubs. ER -