Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 46–52
Mireille Abiala Ambiana1 and Célestin CHAMENI NEMBUA2
1 Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Université de Yaoundé II, Cameroun
2 Departement des Techniques Quantitatives, Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroun
Original language: French
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The aim of this article is to examine the feminization of multidimensional poverty in Cameroon. We use data obtained from the second and third Cameroon household consumption surveys. Results indicate that between 2001 and 2007 multidimensional poverty was more prominent in urban areas, despite overall incidence of poverty marginally reducing. Over the same period, we witnessed a feminization of poverty overall, with the urban areas experiencing higher rates. Decomposing results indicate that urban areas explain this phenomenon more than rural areas.
Author Keywords: feminization, multidimensional poverty, Cameroon.
Mireille Abiala Ambiana1 and Célestin CHAMENI NEMBUA2
1 Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Université de Yaoundé II, Cameroun
2 Departement des Techniques Quantitatives, Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université de Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroun
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The aim of this article is to examine the feminization of multidimensional poverty in Cameroon. We use data obtained from the second and third Cameroon household consumption surveys. Results indicate that between 2001 and 2007 multidimensional poverty was more prominent in urban areas, despite overall incidence of poverty marginally reducing. Over the same period, we witnessed a feminization of poverty overall, with the urban areas experiencing higher rates. Decomposing results indicate that urban areas explain this phenomenon more than rural areas.
Author Keywords: feminization, multidimensional poverty, Cameroon.
Abstract: (french)
L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser la féminisation de la pauvreté multidimensionnelle au Cameroun. Pour ce faire, nous exploitons les enquêtes auprès des ménages de 2001 et 2007. Cet article montre qu'entre 2001 et 2007, la pauvreté multidimensionnelle est devenue un phénomène de plus en plus urbain au Cameroun, même si l'incidence globale a baissé. L'on a assisté au cours de la même période à une féminisation de la pauvreté, qui s'est faite avec plus d'acuité en milieu urbain. Le milieu urbain est celui qui contribue le plus à l'explication du phénomène.
Author Keywords: féminisation, pauvreté multidimensionnelle, Cameroun.
How to Cite this Article
Mireille Abiala Ambiana and Célestin CHAMENI NEMBUA, “La féminisation de la pauvreté multidimensionnelle au Cameroun,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 46–52, January 2016.
