The Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper uses a set of national
household surveys to study the regional Sub-Saharan Africa
distribution of consumption expenditure among individuals
during 1993 to 2008. The analysis puts the disparities in
living standards that exist among persons in Africa into
context with the disparities that exist within and between
African countries. Regional interpersonal inequality has
increased (from a Gini index of 52 percent in 1993 to 56