TY - BOOK AU - Arbache,Jorge Saba AU - Arbache,Jorge Saba AU - Page,John TI - Patterns of Long Term Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa PY - 2007/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - The World Bank 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-4398 ER -