Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Kazakhstan

This paper empirically examines the relation between economic growth and poverty alleviation in the case of Kazakhstan using province-level data. It shows that provinces with higher growth rates achieved faster decline in poverty. This happened largely through growth, which led to increased employme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pradeep Agrawal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2007-01-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110507500102