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Baye, M. F. and Amungwa, F. A., “Training in Partnership for Development: The Case of Agricultural Family Schools in Rural Cameroon”, Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. XL, No. 1, pp. 35-55, 2002.

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Inequality Decomposition in the Distribution of Income and Child Health in Cameroon

1Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon


American Journal of Rural Development. 2013, Vol. 1 No. 1, 6-14
DOI: 10.12691/ajrd-1-1-2
Copyright © 2013 Science and Education Publishing

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Francis Menjo Baye, Boniface Ngah Epo, Simon Alain Song Ntamack. Inequality Decomposition in the Distribution of Income and Child Health in Cameroon. American Journal of Rural Development. 2013; 1(1):6-14. doi: 10.12691/ajrd-1-1-2.

Correspondence to: Boniface Ngah Epo, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon. Email: epongahb@yahoo

Abstract

We undertake a spatial and inter-temporal decomposition of the S-Gini inequality index using the Shapley Value-based approach, and both money-metric and child health indicators collected by the government’s statistics office in 1996 and 2001. Changes in income inequalities are driven largely by changes in between-zone inequalities; for child health, the within-zone component remains more important. Results point to the wisdom of considering the redistribution of health facilities and services within-zones rather than across if the intention is to cost-effectively reduce overall health inequalities. In the monetary space, an optimal-mix of within- and between-zone distributive measures is important in addressing inequality.

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