Abstract

The main purpose of Senegalese accelerated growth strategy (AGS) is to boost economic growth so as to make poor people share its benefits. In any given economy, there is a relationship between growth, poverty reduction and income distribution. In this paper, based on a dynamic computable general equilibrium model and pro-poor measures, the author experiment the quality of AGS pattern. It turns out that growth generated by AGS is not pro-poor. However, its path is better for poor people than the one generated by the “business as usual” growth pattern.

Key words: Dynamic CGE model, poverty, inequality.