Title Inclusive Growth : an Application of the Social Opportunity Function to Selected African Countries / prepared by Olumuyiwa S. Adedeji, Huancheng Du, and Maxwell Opoku-Afari

Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations Series IMF working paper ; WP/13/139 IMF working paper ; WP/13/139 Contents Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction and Background; II. Conceptual Framework: The Inclusive Growth Concept and The Social Opportunity Function; A. The Inclusive Growth Concept; B. The Social Opportunity Function; Figure; Figure 1. Non Pro-Poor Social Opportunity Curve; Figure 2. Pro-Poor Social Opportunity Curve; III. Key Stylized Facts on the Education and Health Sectors in Selected African Countries; A. Cameroon; B. Ghana; Table; Table 1. Cameroon: Education and Health Indicators; Table 2. Ghana: Education and Health Indicators; C. Mozambique; D. Tanzania Table 3. Mozambique: Education and Health IndicatorsTable 4. Tanzania: Education and Health Indicators; E. Zambia; Table 5. Zambia: Education and Health Indicators; IV. Application of Social Opportunity Function to Selected African Countries; A. Household Surveys; B. Empirical Results; Access to primary school education; Figure 3. Social Opportunity Curves for primary School Enrollment; Figure 4. Opportunity and Equity Index: Primary School Enrollment; Access to secondary school education; Figure 5. Social Opportunity Curves for Secondary School Enrollment Figure 6. Opportunity and Equity Index: Secondary School EnrollmentAccess to health services; Figure 7. Social Opportunity Curves for Access to Health Services; Figure 8. Opportunity and Equity Index: Access to Health Services; V. Conclusions; References Summary The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function, inclusive growth is associated with increased average opportunities available to the population and improvement in their distribution. The paper establishes that the high growth episodes in the last decade in the selected countries came with increased average opportunities in education and health; but distribution of such opportunities varied across countries, depending on the country-specific policies underpining the growth episodes Notes "June 2013." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32) Notes Online resource; title from PDF caption title (IMF, viewed September 12, 2013) Subject Economic development -- Social aspects -- Africa Economic development -- Social aspects Africa Form Electronic book Author Du, Huancheng, author Opoku-Afari, Maxwell, author International Monetary Fund, issuing body ISBN 1299678327 9781299678323 9781484360880 1484360885 9781484396735 1484396731

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