Wagstaff, Adam2012-03-302012-03-302009Journal of Development Studies00220388https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5007Reranking in the move from one income distribution to another makes it impossible to infer from changes in Lorenz and generalised Lorenz curves how income growth among those toward the bottom of the initial income distribution compares to that among those toward the top, and whether there has been income growth among those who were initially poor. Decompositions allowing for reranking indicate that economic growth in China and Vietnam has been better for households who were initially poor than changes in the Lorenz and generalised Lorenz curve and poverty growth curve would suggest.ENPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110Economic Development: Human ResourcesHuman DevelopmentIncome DistributionMigration O150Measurement of Economic GrowthAggregate ProductivityCross-Country Output Convergence O470Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: National Income, Product, and ExpenditureMoneyInflation P240Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer EconomicsHealthEducation and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360Journal ArticleWorld Bank