Growth and Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Analysis

This paper develops an inequality-growth trade off index, which shows how much growth is needed to offset the adverse impact of an increase in inequality on poverty. The empirical analysis based on this index shows that pro-poor policies will have a greater payoff for poverty reduction in Thailand,...

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Main Author: Nanak Kakwani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2000-01-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110500000099