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Growth Still Is Good for the Poor

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dc.contributor.authorDollar, David
dc.contributor.authorKleineberg, Tatjana
dc.contributor.authorKraay, Aart
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-01T21:16:19Z
dc.date.available2013-10-01T21:16:19Z
dc.date.issued2013-08
dc.description.abstractIncomes in the poorest two quintiles on average increase at the same rate as overall average incomes. This is because, in a global dataset spanning 118 countries over the past four decades, changes in the share of income of the poorest quintiles are generally small and uncorrelated with changes in average income. The variation in changes in quintile shares is also small relative to the variation in growth in average incomes, implying that the latter accounts for most of the variation in income growth in the poorest quintiles. These findings hold across most regions and time periods and when conditioning on a variety of country-level factors that may matter for growth and inequality changes. This evidence confirms the central importance of economic growth for poverty reduction and illustrates the difficulty of identifying specific macroeconomic policies that are significantly associated with the relative growth rates of those in the poorest quintiles.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18104693/growth-still-good-poor
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6568
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16001
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6568
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectADVANCED ECONOMIES
dc.subjectAGGREGATE GROWTH
dc.subjectAGGREGATE INCOME
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectAVERAGE ANNUAL
dc.subjectAVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE CHANGE
dc.subjectAVERAGE GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBLACK MARKET
dc.subjectBLACK MARKET PREMIUM
dc.subjectCAPITAL ACCOUNT
dc.subjectCIVIL LIBERTIES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCOUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subjectCOUNTRY VARIATION
dc.subjectCOUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY BASIS
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY INCOME
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY PANEL
dc.subjectDATA AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEMERGING MARKETS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL FINDINGS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL GROWTH LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL MODELS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESULTS
dc.subjectESTIMATED COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPECTED VALUE
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY POWER
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFINANCIAL DEPTH
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
dc.subjectFIRST YEAR
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP DEFLATOR
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGLOBALIZATION
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT BUDGET
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectGROWTH CONTEXT
dc.subjectGROWTH DETERMINANTS
dc.subjectGROWTH EMPIRICS
dc.subjectGROWTH EPISODES
dc.subjectGROWTH LITERATURE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectGROWTH REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectHETEROSKEDASTICITY
dc.subjectHIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHIGH URBANIZATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME QUINTILES
dc.subjectINCOME SHARE
dc.subjectINCOME STUDY
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY CHANGES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINFLATION RATE
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKET
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOCAL CURRENCY
dc.subjectLONG-TERM GROWTH
dc.subjectLORENZ CURVE
dc.subjectM2
dc.subjectMACRO POLICY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMICS
dc.subjectMARKET REGULATION
dc.subjectMEAN CHANGE
dc.subjectMEAN GROWTH
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectMEAN INCOMES
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subjectMICRO DATA
dc.subjectMONOPOLY
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject0 HYPOTHESIS
dc.subjectOUTPUTS
dc.subjectPARTICULAR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORMS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL STABILITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOSITIVE CORRELATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY DEBATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOWER PARITY
dc.subjectPRIMARY ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectPRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPRO-POOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectRAPID GROWTH
dc.subjectREDUCING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectREGRESSION RESULTS
dc.subjectRELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subjectRELATIVE INCOMES
dc.subjectRISING INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectRISING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectSECTOR EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSERIES DATA
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectSOCIAL SPENDING
dc.subjectSTANDARD DEVIATION
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTAX SYSTEMS
dc.subjectTRADE OPENNESS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.titleGrowth Still Is Good for the Pooren
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okr.crossref.titleGrowth Still is Good for the Poor
okr.date.disclosure2013-08-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:58:38.276907Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18104693/growth-still-good-poor
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid496121468149676299
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6568
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20130813100137
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum18104693
okr.identifier.reportWPS6568
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22707
okr.sectorPublic Administration, Law, and Justice :: Central government administration
okr.themeEconomic management :: Analysis of economic growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Emerging Markets
okr.unitMacroeconomics and Growth Team (DECMG), Development Research Group
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