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Pro-Poor Growth: A Primer

dc.contributor.author Ravallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-21T17:10:30Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-21T17:10:30Z
dc.date.issued 2004-03
dc.description.abstract These days it seems that almost everyone in the development community is talking about "pro-poor growth." What exactly is it, and how can we measure it? Is ordinary economic growth always "pro-poor growth" or is that some special kind of growth? And if it is something special, what makes it happen? The author first reviews alternative approaches to defining and measuring "pro-poor growth." He then analyzes evidence on whether growth is pro-poor, what factors make it more pro-poor (including the role played by both initial inequality and changing inequality), and whether the factors that make the distribution of the gains from growth pro-poor come at a cost to growth. The author identifies some priorities for future research. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4095881/pro-poor-growth-primer
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14116
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No.3242
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject ABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subject ABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subject ADVERSE IMPACT
dc.subject AGGREGATE GROWTH
dc.subject AGGREGATE OUTPUT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subject ANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subject ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
dc.subject ANNUAL RATE
dc.subject AVERAGE INCOME
dc.subject AVERAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject CAPITAL MARKET
dc.subject CAPITAL MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject CHANGING INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject COUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subject CREDIT MARKET
dc.subject CROSS- COUNTRY COMPARISONS
dc.subject CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
dc.subject CUMULATIVE INCOME
dc.subject CUMULATIVE INCOME SHARES
dc.subject DATA ISSUES
dc.subject DATA SET
dc.subject DECREASING FUNCTION
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject DEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subject DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE
dc.subject DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subject DISTRIBUTIONAL TERM
dc.subject DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
dc.subject DIVERSE IMPACTS
dc.subject ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC LITERATURE
dc.subject ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject ECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject EMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subject GINI INDEX
dc.subject GROWING ECONOMY
dc.subject GROWTH COMPONENT
dc.subject GROWTH ELASTICITY
dc.subject GROWTH PROCESS
dc.subject GROWTH PROSPECTS
dc.subject GROWTH RATE
dc.subject GROWTH RATES
dc.subject HEAD COUNT INDEX
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HIGH GROWTH
dc.subject HIGH INEQUALITY
dc.subject HIGH INEQUALITY COUNTRIES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject HUMAN RESOURCE
dc.subject INCOME DISPARITIES
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject INCOME SHORTFALL
dc.subject INEQUALITY CHANGES
dc.subject INEQUALITY INDEX
dc.subject INEQUALITY WILL
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject LOW FARM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject LOW INEQUALITY
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
dc.subject MACROECONOMICS
dc.subject MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject MEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subject MEAN GROWTH
dc.subject MEAN INCOME
dc.subject MEAN INCOMES
dc.subject MEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subject MEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subject MEDIAN INCOME
dc.subject MORAL HAZARD
dc.subject NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subject NEGATIVE CORRELATION
dc.subject NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject NEW GROWTH THEORIES
dc.subject NON- FARM OUTPUT
dc.subject NON-FARM OUTPUT
dc.subject 0 HYPOTHESIS
dc.subject OUTPUT GROWTH
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject POLICY INTERVENTION
dc.subject POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POOR AREAS
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject POPULOUS COUNTRIES
dc.subject POSITIVE CORRELATION
dc.subject POSITIVE GROWTH
dc.subject POVERTY GAP
dc.subject POVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY LINES
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURE
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY RATE
dc.subject POVERTY RATES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCING
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY RISES
dc.subject PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subject PRO-POOR
dc.subject PRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subject PROPORTIONATE CHANGES
dc.subject PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject REAL INCOME
dc.subject REDUCING INEQUALITY
dc.subject REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject REGIONAL DISPARITIES
dc.subject RELATIVE POVERTY
dc.subject RISING INEQUALITY
dc.subject SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
dc.subject SOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject TAXATION
dc.subject TRADE REGIME
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject WEALTH ECONOMIC GROWTH THEORIES
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject POVERTY MITIGATION
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY EVALUATION METHODS
dc.subject GROWTH
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.title Pro-Poor Growth: A Primer en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4095881/pro-poor-growth-primer
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-3242
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000009486_20040609104122
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 4095881
okr.identifier.report WPS3242
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okr.region.country China
okr.region.country India
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topic Services and Transfers to Poor
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Public Health Promotion
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Inequality
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topic Governance :: Governance Indicators
okr.unit Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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