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Is It Really Possible for Countries to Simultaneously Grow and Reduce Poverty and Inequality? Going Beyond Global Narratives

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dc.contributor.authorCuesta, Jose
dc.contributor.authorNegre, Mario
dc.contributor.authorRevenga, Ana
dc.contributor.authorSilva-Jauregui, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-17T21:02:35Z
dc.date.available2021-03-17T21:02:35Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractGlobal narratives underscore that economic growth can often coincide with reductions in poverty and inequality. However, the experiences of several countries over recent decades confirm that inequality can widen or narrow in response to policy choices and independent of economic growth. This paper analyses five country cases, Brazil, Cambodia, Mali, Peru and Tanzania. These countries are the most successful in reducing inequality and poverty while growing robustly for at least a decade since the early 2000 s. The paper assesses how good macroeconomic management, sectoral reform, the strengthening of safety nets, responses to external shocks, and initial conditions all chip away at inequality and support broad growth. Sustained and robust economic growth with strong poverty and inequality reductions are possible across very different contexts and policy choices. The comparative analysis also identifies common building blocks toward success and warns that hard-earned achievements can be easily overturned.en
dc.identifier.citationOxford Development Studies
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/35283
dc.identifier.issn1360-0818
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35283
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectGOOD POLICY
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.titleIs It Really Possible for Countries to Simultaneously Grow and Reduce Poverty and Inequality? Going Beyond Global Narrativesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600818.2020.1784864 Journal website (version of record)en
okr.date.disclosure2021-12-24
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:03:31.091478Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.doi10.1080/13600818.2020.1784864
okr.identifier.report157791
okr.journal.nbpages256-70
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryBrazil
okr.region.countryCambodia
okr.region.countryMali
okr.region.countryPeru
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
okr.volume48(3)
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