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Pro-poor Growth: Explaining the Cross-Country Variation in the Growth Elasticity of Poverty

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dc.contributor.authorChhibber, Ajay
dc.contributor.authorNayyar, Gaurav
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:33:14Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:33:14Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper is to analyse the cross-country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty across a sample of developing countries during the period from 1990 to 2000. In order to identify variables that may explain the cross-country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty, the paper sets up a theoretical framework. Subsequently, the explanatory power of these variables is tested empirically by panel data econometric analysis. For a sample of 52 low and middle income countries, it is found that the level of initial income inequality, credit available to the private sector, literacy, the extent of business regulations and trade openness are important determinants of the growth elasticity of poverty. Countries that reduce regulatory burdens, improve literacy, increase access to finance, undertake land reforms (asset redistribution), and provide safety nets while liberalizing trade can create more growth and ensure that it is pro-poor. The paper identifies variables (at a cross-country level) that may guide the conscious policies which create pro-poor growth.en
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Development Issues
dc.identifier.issn14468956
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5522
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectMeasurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
dc.subjectWelfare and Poverty: Government Programs
dc.subjectProvision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
dc.subjectMacroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.subjectMeasurement of Economic Growth
dc.subjectAggregate Productivity
dc.subjectCross-Country Output Convergence O470
dc.titlePro-poor Growth: Explaining the Cross-Country Variation in the Growth Elasticity of Povertyen
dc.title.alternativeInternational Journal of Development Issuesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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okr.journal.nbpages160-176
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/IJDI/
okr.volume7
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