Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept

The World Bank Group recently adopted two overarching goals -- the end of extreme, chronic poverty in the world by 2030 and the promotion of shared prosperity in every society. The paper examines the normative properties of these goals, their stren...

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Main Author: Basu, Kaushik
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
GDP
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18506691/shared-prosperity-mitigation-poverty-practice-precept
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spelling okr-10986-169142021-04-23T14:03:33Z Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept Basu, Kaushik ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGGREGATE INCOME AGRICULTURAL WAGES ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY POLICY AVERAGE INCOMES CHRONIC POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE CLOSED ECONOMY CONFLICT DECLINING INEQUALITY DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LETTERS EMPIRICAL WORK EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FARM EMPLOYMENT FARMERS FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FREE MARKETS GDP GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HIGH GROWTH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GROWTH INCOME GROWTH RATE INCOME INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS LORENZ CURVE MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MEASURING POVERTY MICRO DATA MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL INCOME NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS NET EFFECT NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME POLARIZATION MEASURES POLICY ALTERNATIVES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICIES POPULATION SHARE POPULOUS COUNTRIES POST-REFORM POVERTY DEBATE POVERTY DECLINE POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY POLICIES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PROMOTING EQUALITY PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS RAPID GROWTH RATION SHOPS REAL INCOME REDUCED POVERTY REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE POVERTY RICH COUNTRIES RURAL RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL EMPLOYMENT SKILLED WORKER SOCIAL PROGRAMS TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS WAR WEALTH WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION The World Bank Group recently adopted two overarching goals -- the end of extreme, chronic poverty in the world by 2030 and the promotion of shared prosperity in every society. The paper examines the normative properties of these goals, their strengths and weaknesses, and their implications for actual policymaking, especially in the presence of globalization. This is closely related to the age-old debate on growth versus direct welfare interventions as instruments for countering poverty. The paper analyzes past trends on poverty and tries to shed new light on this old debate. 2014-02-05T13:57:16Z 2014-02-05T13:57:16Z 2013-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18506691/shared-prosperity-mitigation-poverty-practice-precept http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16914 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6700 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE INCOME
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
ANTI-POVERTY
ANTI-POVERTY POLICY
AVERAGE INCOMES
CHRONIC POVERTY
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLOSED ECONOMY
CONFLICT
DECLINING INEQUALITY
DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS LETTERS
EMPIRICAL WORK
EXTERNALITIES
EXTREME POVERTY
EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARMERS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FREE MARKETS
GDP
GINI INDEX
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL POVERTY
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HIGH GROWTH
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME GROWTH RATE
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEQUALITY
INFANT MORTALITY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING STANDARDS
LORENZ CURVE
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMICS
MALNUTRITION
MEASURING POVERTY
MICRO DATA
MONETARY POLICY
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL INCOME
NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS
NET EFFECT
NUTRITION
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLARIZATION MEASURES
POLICY ALTERNATIVES
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MAKING
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL CONFLICT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR PEOPLE
POOR POLICIES
POPULATION SHARE
POPULOUS COUNTRIES
POST-REFORM
POVERTY DEBATE
POVERTY DECLINE
POVERTY ERADICATION
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY MITIGATION
POVERTY POLICIES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRO-POOR
PROMOTING EQUALITY
PROTECTIONISM
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC GOODS
RAPID GROWTH
RATION SHOPS
REAL INCOME
REDUCED POVERTY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELATIVE POVERTY
RICH COUNTRIES
RURAL
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
SKILLED WORKER
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
TAXATION
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
WAR
WEALTH
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE INCOME
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
ANTI-POVERTY
ANTI-POVERTY POLICY
AVERAGE INCOMES
CHRONIC POVERTY
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLOSED ECONOMY
CONFLICT
DECLINING INEQUALITY
DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS LETTERS
EMPIRICAL WORK
EXTERNALITIES
EXTREME POVERTY
EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARMERS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FREE MARKETS
GDP
GINI INDEX
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL POVERTY
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HIGH GROWTH
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME GROWTH RATE
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEQUALITY
INFANT MORTALITY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING STANDARDS
LORENZ CURVE
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMICS
MALNUTRITION
MEASURING POVERTY
MICRO DATA
MONETARY POLICY
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL INCOME
NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS
NET EFFECT
NUTRITION
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLARIZATION MEASURES
POLICY ALTERNATIVES
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MAKING
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL CONFLICT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR PEOPLE
POOR POLICIES
POPULATION SHARE
POPULOUS COUNTRIES
POST-REFORM
POVERTY DEBATE
POVERTY DECLINE
POVERTY ERADICATION
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY MITIGATION
POVERTY POLICIES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRO-POOR
PROMOTING EQUALITY
PROTECTIONISM
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC GOODS
RAPID GROWTH
RATION SHOPS
REAL INCOME
REDUCED POVERTY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELATIVE POVERTY
RICH COUNTRIES
RURAL
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
SKILLED WORKER
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
TAXATION
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
WAR
WEALTH
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Basu, Kaushik
Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6700
description The World Bank Group recently adopted two overarching goals -- the end of extreme, chronic poverty in the world by 2030 and the promotion of shared prosperity in every society. The paper examines the normative properties of these goals, their strengths and weaknesses, and their implications for actual policymaking, especially in the presence of globalization. This is closely related to the age-old debate on growth versus direct welfare interventions as instruments for countering poverty. The paper analyzes past trends on poverty and tries to shed new light on this old debate.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Basu, Kaushik
author_facet Basu, Kaushik
author_sort Basu, Kaushik
title Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept
title_short Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept
title_full Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept
title_fullStr Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept
title_full_unstemmed Shared Prosperity and the Mitigation of Poverty : In Practice and in Precept
title_sort shared prosperity and the mitigation of poverty : in practice and in precept
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18506691/shared-prosperity-mitigation-poverty-practice-precept
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16914
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