01920cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013633 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484360880 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Adedeji, Olumuyiwa. Inclusive Growth : An Application of the Social Opportunity Function to Selected African Countries / Olumuyiwa Adedeji, Huancheng Du, Maxwell Opoku-Afari. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function, inclusive growth is associated with increased average opportunities available to the population and improvement in their distribution. The paper establishes that the high growth episodes in the last decade in the selected countries came with increased average opportunities in education and health; but distribution of such opportunities varied across countries, depending on the country-specific policies underpining the growth episodes. Mode of access: Internet Du, Huancheng. Opoku-Afari, Maxwell. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/139 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2013/139/001.2013.issue-139-en.xml IMF e-Library