What has happened to the urban population in Cote d'Ivoire since the 1980s?: An analysis of monetary poverty and deprivation over 15 years of household data

This article investigates the evolution of urban poverty in its various dimensions in Cote d'Ivoire since the 1980s. The robustness of the results is checked using dominance criteria. An econometric analysis of poverty complements the analysis. The study shows that the dynamic of poverty in terms of existence conditions can significantly differ from that of monetary poverty. As was the case in the 1980s, monetary poverty increased strongly in the 1990s in spite of a return to sustained growth following the devaluation of the CFA Franc. Poverty in terms of existence conditions rose less before the adjustment and even decreased afterward. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.