TY - BOOK ID - 84658465 TI - Inclusive Growth and Inequality in Senegal PY - 2013 VL - WP/13/215 SN - 1484322053 1484366727 1475556594 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Income distribution KW - Poverty KW - Destitution KW - Wealth KW - Basic needs KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Distribution of income KW - Income inequality KW - Inequality of income KW - Distribution (Economic theory) KW - Disposable income KW - Government policy KW - Senegal KW - Economic policy. KW - Macroeconomics KW - Social Services and Welfare KW - Poverty and Homelessness KW - Demography KW - Intertemporal Choice and Growth: General KW - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution KW - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty KW - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General KW - Government Policy KW - Provision and Effects of Welfare Program KW - Macroeconomics: Consumption KW - Saving KW - Demographic Economics: General KW - Poverty & precarity KW - Social welfare & social services KW - Population & demography KW - Poverty reduction KW - Income KW - Consumption KW - National accounts KW - Population and demographics KW - Economics KW - Population UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84658465 AB - The paper examines Senegal’s growth performance from the perspective of its povertyreducing and distributional characteristics, and discusses policies that might help make growth more inclusive. The main findings are that poverty has fallen in the last two decades, but poverty reduction has slowed in recent years. Although available indicators sometimes give conflicting signals on distributional shifts, people in the middle of the income distribution have received the most benefit, mainly in urban areas. Further progress in poverty reduction and inclusiveness would require sustained high growth and exploration of growth opportunities in the sectors with high earning potential for the poor. Better-targeted social policies and more attention to the regional distribution of spending would also help reduce poverty and improve inclusiveness. ER -