
The fall of the elephant. Two decades of poverty increase in Côte d’Ivoire (1988 - 2008)
Cogneau, Denis; Houngbedji, Kenneth; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine (2013), The fall of the elephant. Two decades of poverty increase in Côte d’Ivoire (1988 - 2008), PEGNet Conference 2013: "How to Shape Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Economies in the Developing World ─ Global, Regional, and Local Solutions", 2013-10, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2013Conference title
PEGNet Conference 2013: "How to Shape Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Economies in the Developing World ─ Global, Regional, and Local Solutions"Conference date
2013-10Conference city
CopenhagenConference country
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Cogneau, Denis
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
Houngbedji, Kenneth

Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PJSE]
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine
Abstract (EN)
At the end of 1980s, Côte d’Ivoire entered a deep macroeconomic crisis that put an end to the often praised "Ivorian miracle". After the death of the founding father Houphouët-Boigny, unrestrained political competition added to bad economic conditions and led to the nightmare of civil war. Drawing from a series of five household surveys covering two decades (1988-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after five years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), extreme 1.25 USD poverty headcount had reached a historical record in poverty, with northern areas deeply impoverished by the partitionSubjects / Keywords
Welfare; Côte d’Ivoire; Economic history; PovertyRelated items
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