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When Is Growth Pro-Poor? Cross-Country Evidence

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dc.contributor.authorKraay, Aart
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-01T18:04:32Z
dc.date.available2013-08-01T18:04:32Z
dc.date.issued2004-02
dc.description.abstractGrowth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. According to this definition there are three potential sources of pro-poor growth: (1) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (2) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (3) a poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. The author empirically decomposes changes in poverty in a large sample of developing countries during the 1980s and 1990s into these three components. In the medium to long run, most of the variation in changes in poverty can be attributed to growth in average incomes, suggesting that policies and institutions that promote broad-based growth should be central to the pro-poor growth agenda. Most of the remainder of the variation in poverty is due to poverty-reducing patterns of growth in relative incomes, rather than differences in the sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes. Cross-country evidence provides relatively little guidance as to the policies and institutions that promote these other sources of pro-poor growth.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3959873/growth-pro-poor-cross-country-evidence
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3225
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14731
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3225
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH THEORIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MITIGATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectLOW INCOME PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY REDUCTION
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subjectANNUAL CHANGE
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectAVERAGE ANNUAL
dc.subjectAVERAGE GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectCOUNTRY COVERAGE
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectDECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION COMPONENT
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL GROWTH LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL REGULARITY
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL SECTION
dc.subjectEXPLAINING CHANGES
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY POWER
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGINI INDEX
dc.subjectGROWTH COMPONENT
dc.subjectGROWTH EFFECT
dc.subjectGROWTH PRO-POOR
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHIGH SENSITIVITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOMES INCREASE
dc.subjectINCREASED INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL INCOMES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY AVERSION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectLONG RUN
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEAN INCOMES
dc.subjectMEAN VALUE
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subjectNEGATIVE GROWTH
dc.subjectNEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectOBSERVED CHANGES
dc.subjectPOLICY PACKAGE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR GROWTH STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOVERTY CHANGES
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOWER PARITY
dc.subjectPRO- POOR
dc.subjectPRO- POOR GROWTH
dc.subjectPRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPROPORTIONAL CHANGE
dc.subjectPROPORTIONATE CHANGES
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectRANDOM VARIABLES
dc.subjectRAPID GROWTH
dc.subjectREDUCING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectRELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subjectRELATIVE INCOME
dc.subjectRELATIVE INCOMES
dc.subjectRELATIVE POVERTY
dc.subjectRESIDUAL TERM
dc.subjectSHORT-RUN CHANGES
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
dc.subjectSQUARED POVERTY GAP
dc.subjectSTANDARD DEVIATION
dc.titleWhen Is Growth Pro-Poor? Cross-Country Evidenceen
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okr.crossref.titleWhen is Growth Pro-Poor? Cross-Country Evidence
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3959873/growth-pro-poor-cross-country-evidence
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid541031468761963494
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3225
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum3959873
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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