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6.4 Inclusive growth index
The specific variables for the inclusive growth indicators from the discussion above
appear in Table 6.4. The indicators encompass economic, spatial, social, and political/institutional
inclusion.
Table 6.4: Some Indicators for Inclusive Growth
Economic Inclusion Spatial Inclusion Social Inclusion
Poverty/Inequality
1.poverty headcount
2.Gini coefficient
3.income share of the
poorest 60% of the
population
4.ratio of income/consumption
of top 20%
to bottom 20%
Productive
Employment
5. share of employed
or economically active
in industry.
6. share of employed
or economically active
in manufacturing.
7. share of workers in
non-agricultural paid
employment.
8.own account and
contributing to family
workers
32.intra African trade
33. regional labor
mobility.
34.openness to trade.
35. spatial inequality.
36. Infrastructure
access
Social Infrastructure
23. net primary school
enrollment ratio.
24. net secondary
school enrollment
ratio.
25. govt expenditure
on education as % of
total govt expenditure.
26. under 5 mortality
rate.
27. mortality rate for
under age 40.
28. % of under 5 years
who are underweight.
29. govt expenditure
on health as % of total
govt expenditure.
30. % of population
with access to safe
water.
31.% of population
with access to adequate
sanitation.
Political/Institutional
Inclusion
37. voice and accountability.
38.governance
39. the revenue/GDP
ratio.
40. public investment/
GDP ratio.
41. property rights
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