Ravallion, Martin2013-06-212013-06-212004-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14116These 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-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE TERMSABSOLUTE VALUEADVERSE IMPACTAGGREGATE GROWTHAGGREGATE OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEANNUAL RATEAVERAGE INCOMEAVERAGE INEQUALITYBASIC EDUCATIONCAPITAL MARKETCAPITAL MARKET FAILURESCHANGING INCOME DISTRIBUTIONCOUNTRY LEVELCREDIT MARKETCROSS- COUNTRY COMPARISONSCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIONCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONCUMULATIVE INCOMECUMULATIVE INCOME SHARESDATA ISSUESDATA SETDECREASING FUNCTIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGEDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGESDISTRIBUTIONAL TERMDISTRIBUTIVE POLITICSDIVERSE IMPACTSECONOMIC CONTRACTIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC LITERATUREECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMIC REVIEWECONOMICSEMPIRICAL MODELGINI INDEXGROWING ECONOMYGROWTH COMPONENTGROWTH ELASTICITYGROWTH PROCESSGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEAD COUNT INDEXHEALTH CAREHIGH GROWTHHIGH INEQUALITYHIGH INEQUALITY COUNTRIESHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN RESOURCEINCOME DISPARITIESINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME LEVELSINCOME SHORTFALLINEQUALITY CHANGESINEQUALITY INDEXINEQUALITY WILLINFLATIONLIVING STANDARDSLOW FARM PRODUCTIVITYLOW INEQUALITYMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTMACROECONOMIC INSTABILITYMACROECONOMICSMARKET FAILURESMEAN CONSUMPTIONMEAN GROWTHMEAN INCOMEMEAN INCOMESMEASUREMENT ERRORMEASUREMENT ERRORSMEDIAN INCOMEMORAL HAZARDNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNEGATIVE CORRELATIONNEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPNEW GROWTH THEORIESNON- FARM OUTPUTNON-FARM OUTPUT0 HYPOTHESISOUTPUT GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY INTERVENTIONPOLICY REFORMSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOOR AREASPOOR PEOPLEPOPULOUS COUNTRIESPOSITIVE CORRELATIONPOSITIVE GROWTHPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY RISESPRIVATE CONSUMPTIONPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPROPORTIONATE CHANGESPUBLIC GOODSPUBLIC SPENDINGPURCHASING POWERREAL INCOMEREDUCING INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREGIONAL DISPARITIESRELATIVE POVERTYRISING INEQUALITYSIGNIFICANT NEGATIVESOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL SERVICESTAXATIONTRADE REGIMEURBAN AREASWEALTH ECONOMIC GROWTH THEORIESINEQUALITYPOVERTY MITIGATIONPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY EVALUATION METHODSGROWTHHOUSEHOLD INCOMEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3242