Economic Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Findings from a New Data Set

The author uses new data from 50 developing countries and 101 intervals to examine the impact of economic growth on poverty and inequality. He finds that growth represents an important means for reducing poverty in the developing world. When econom...

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Main Author:	Adams, Richard H., Jr.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ANNUAL RATE ASSET INEQUALITY AVERAGE ANNUAL AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE RATE COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS COVARIANCE MATRIX CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DATA SET DATA SETS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS LETTERS EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ERROR TERM EXCHANGE RATES FALLING POVERTY FIXED EFFECTS GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT MEASURE HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH GROWTH HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY COUNTRIES HIGH-INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASING GROWTH INCREASING INEQUALITY INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INEQUALITY CHANGES INEQUALITY DATA INEQUALITY FALLS INEQUALITY REGRESSIONS INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME LOW INCOME COUNTRIES LOW INEQUALITY LOW INEQUALITY COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN EXPENDITURE MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING CHANGES MEASURING INCOME MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY MIDDLE INCOME NATIONAL ACCOUNTS OBSERVED CHANGES OLD ISSUES PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PERSONAL INCOME POINT ESTIMATE POINT ESTIMATES POLICY DEBATES POLICY ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POOR PEOPLE POOR PERSON POVERTY POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY REDUCTION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAPID GROWTH REDUCING POVERTY RURAL POVERTY SERIES DATA SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SQUARED POVERTY GAP UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS CONSUMPTION SURVEYS STATISTICAL MEASURES MEAN VALUE THEOREMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2156913/economic-growth-inequality-poverty-findings-new-data-set http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19109

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19109

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