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Multidimensional Poverty Dynamic in Chad, Analysis of

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Good health; Non-income poverty; Welfare

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Multidimensional wellbeing: Summarizes wellbeing as a set of different attributes of wellbeing such as education, health, living standards, longevity, etc.

Pro-poorness of growth: growth is pro-poor when it is mainly benefited to the poor.

Introduction

Since independence in 1960, chronic unstable security situation in Chad has hindered growth and poverty reduction. During the 1990s, the growth rate has dropped to 3% per year according to the National Institute of Statistic, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED). This low economic performance was mainly due to the recurrent political instability and inadequate levels of investments.

In 2003, the country was experiencing the oil exploitation that has had a significant stimulatory effect on the GDP growth. The oil GDP growth from 2002 to 2006 was 7.4% against 6.6% for the non-oil GDP (PND 2013) (National Development Program). The rate of GDP growth which was 3% average in...

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  1. Faculty of Economics Sciences and Management, University of N’Djamena, N’Djamena, Chad

    Gadom Djal Gadom

  2. Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Abomey Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

    Gbètoton Nadège Djossou

  3. Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Gilles Quentin Kane & Armand Mboutchouang Kountchou

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Gadom, G.D., Djossou, G.N., Kane, G.Q., Mboutchouang Kountchou, A. (2019). Multidimensional Poverty Dynamic in Chad, Analysis of. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_646-1

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