Pro-poor Growth and Pro-growth Poverty Reduction: Meaning, Evidence, and Policy Implications

The paper addresses two questions. First, what do regressions reveal about the link from growth to poverty reduction, with differing (i) initial conditions, such as the degree of inequality; and (ii) types of growth, e.g., sectoral balance? Growth on average appears not to redistribute income, pro-p...

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Main Authors: Robert Eastwood, Michael Lipton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2000-01-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110500000075