Pro-Growth, Pro-Poor: Is There a Tradeoff?

Pro-Growth, Pro-Poor: Is There a Tradeoff?

Is a pro-growth strategy always the best pro-poor strategy? To address this issue, the author provides an empirical evaluation of the impact of a series of pro-growth policies on inequality and headcount poverty. He relies on a large macroeconomic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lopez, J. Humberto
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
AVERAGE INCOME
CONFLICT
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY OF POVERTY
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPENDITURES
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INTERVENTION
LIBERALIZATION
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
OIL
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRAMS
REDUCING POVERTY
SQUARED POVERTY GAP
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
TERMS OF TRADE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/08/5141895/pro-growth-pro-poor-tradeoff
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14124

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/08/5141895/pro-growth-pro-poor-tradeoff
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14124

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