Accelerating Poverty Reduction in a Less Poor World : The Roles of Growth and Inequality

Accelerating Poverty Reduction in a Less Poor World : The Roles of Growth and Inequality

This paper re-examines the roles of changes in income and inequality in poverty reduction. The study provides estimates of the relative effects of inequality reduction versus growth promotion in reducing poverty for countries with different levels...

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Main Authors: Olinto, Pedro, Lara Ibarra, Gabriel, Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ABSOLUTE VALUE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
CHANGES IN POVERTY
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS
COUNTRY EFFECTS
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC EFFECTS
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA SET
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DROP IN POVERTY
ECONOMETRIC MODEL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPLANATORY POWER
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
GROSS INCOME
GROWTH ELASTICITY
GROWTH PRO-POOR
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH THEORY
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HIGHER INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME ELASTICITY
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SHARE
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INCREASING FUNCTION
INCREASING GROWTH
INEQUALITY CHANGES
INEQUALITY ELASTICITIES
INEQUALITY ELASTICITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY REDUCTION
LAGGED DEPENDENT
LAGGED VALUES
LINEAR MODEL
LOG NORMAL
LOG-NORMALITY ASSUMPTION
LOW POVERTY RATES
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MEAN INCOME
MEDIAN POVERTY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NET INCOME
0 HYPOTHESIS
OBSERVED POVERTY REDUCTION
OBSERVED VALUE
POLICY DESIGN
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY DECLINES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY GROWTH
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRO-POOR GROWTH
RANDOM EFFECTS
REAL INCOME
REDUCING INEQUALITY
REDUCING POVERTY
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
RISING INEQUALITY
RURAL AREAS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
STANDARD DEVIATION
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19457702/accelerating-poverty-reduction-less-poor-world-roles-growth-inequality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18347

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