When is Growth Pro-poor? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When is Growth Pro-poor? write by Aart Kraay. This book was released on 2004-03. When is Growth Pro-poor? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of developing countries into these components. In the medium run, most of the variation in changes in poverty is due to growth, suggesting that policies and institutions that promote broad-based growth should be central to pro-poor growth. Most of the remainder is due to poverty-reducing patterns of growth in relative incomes, rather than differences in the sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes. Cross-country evidence provides little guidance on policies and institutions that promote these other sources of pro-poor growth.
Growth, Inequality and Poverty
Growth, Inequality and Poverty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Growth, Inequality and Poverty write by Martin Ravallion. This book was released on 2001. Growth, Inequality and Poverty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One side in the current debate about who benefits from growth has focused solely on average impacts on poverty and inequality, while the other side has focused on the diverse welfare impacts found beneath the averages. Both sides have a point.
The Composition of Growth Matters for Poverty Alleviation
The Composition of Growth Matters for Poverty Alleviation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Composition of Growth Matters for Poverty Alleviation write by Norman Loayza. This book was released on 2006. The Composition of Growth Matters for Poverty Alleviation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This paper contributes to explain the cross-country heterogeneity of the poverty response to changes in economic growth. It does so by focusing on the structure of output growth. The paper presents a two-sector theoretical model that clarifies the mechanism through which the sectoral composition of growth and associated labor intensity can affect workers' wages and, thus, poverty alleviation. Then in presents cross-country empirical evidence that analyzes first, the differential poverty-reducing impact of sectoral growth at various levels of disaggregation, and the role of unskilled labor intensity in such differential impact. The paper finds evidence that not only the size of economic growth but also its composition matters for poverty alleviation, with the largest contributuons from labor-intensive sectors (such as agriculture, construction, and manufacturing). The results are robust to the influence of outliers, alternative explanations, and various poverty measures.
Links Between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: A Survey
Links Between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: A Survey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Links Between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: A Survey write by Ms. Valerie Cerra. This book was released on 2021-03-12. Links Between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: A Survey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on the underlying sources of growth. The impact of poverty and inequality on growth is likewise ambiguous, as several channels mediate the relationship. But most plausible mechanisms suggest that poverty and inequality reduce growth, at least in the long run. Policies play a role in shaping these relationships and those designed to improve equality of opportunity can simultaneously improve inclusiveness and growth.
Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development
Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development write by Franklin Obeng-Odoom. This book was released on 2013-07-18. Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The world development institutions commonly present 'urban governance' as an antidote to the so-called 'urbanisation of poverty' and 'parasitic urbanism' in Africa. Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development is a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the meaning, nature, and effects of 'urban governance' in theory and in practice, with a focus on Ghana, a country widely regarded as an island of good governance in the sub region. The book illustrates how diverse groups experience urban governance differently and contextualizes how this experience has worsened social differentiation in cities. This book will be of great interest to students, teachers, and researchers in development studies, and highly relevant to anyone with an interest in urban studies, geography, political economy, sociology, and African studies.
