Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages

The evidence is compelling that the poor in developing countries do typically share in the gains from rising aggregate affluence and in the losses from aggregate contraction. But how much do poor people share in growth? Do they gain more in some se...

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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003166/growth-inequality-poverty-looking-beyond-averages
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spelling okr-10986-197042021-04-23T14:03:44Z Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages Ravallion, Martin ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE TERMS ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFLUENCE AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INEQUALITY ANNUALIZED CHANGE ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS ASSET INEQUALITY AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE RATE BASIC EDUCATION CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT MARKET CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DATA SET DATA SETS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE DISTRIBUTIONAL COMPONENT DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS DIVERSE IMPACTS ECONOMIC CONTRACTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL WORK ESTIMATION METHOD EXCHANGE RATES EXTERNAL TRADE FALLING POVERTY FINANCIAL CRISIS FIXED EFFECTS FOREIGN TRADE GINI INDEX GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HIGH CORRELATION HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY CONVERGENCE INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY WILL INFLATION LIVING STANDARDS LOG GINI LOW FARM PRODUCTIVITY LOW INEQUALITY LOW INEQUALITY COUNTRIES LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MARKET FAILURES MEAN INCOME MEASURED INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS MEASURING INEQUALITY MEDIAN POVERTY MEDIUM INEQUALITY MEDIUM LEVELS MICRO DATA NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL INCOME NEW GROWTH THEORIES NON-FARM OUTPUT OUTPUT GROWTH PAPERS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKING POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PARTIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROPORTIONATE CHANGES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROGRAMS PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY GROWTH REDUCING INEQUALITY RISING INEQUALITY SECONDARY SOURCES SIZABLE REDISTRIBUTION SKILLED LABOR TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBAN AREAS WEALTH The evidence is compelling that the poor in developing countries do typically share in the gains from rising aggregate affluence and in the losses from aggregate contraction. But how much do poor people share in growth? Do they gain more in some settings than others? Do some gain while others lose? Does pro-poor growth mean more or less aggregate growth? Recent theories and evidence suggest some answers, but deeper microeconomic empirical work is needed on growth and distributed change. Only then will we have a firm basis for identifying the specific policies and programs needed to complement and possibly modify growth-oriented policies. 2014-08-26T19:05:28Z 2014-08-26T19:05:28Z 2001-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003166/growth-inequality-poverty-looking-beyond-averages http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19704 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2558 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AFFLUENCE
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
ANNUALIZED CHANGE
ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS
ASSET INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE RATE
BASIC EDUCATION
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
COUNTRY DATA
COUNTRY INEQUALITY
CREDIT MARKET
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE
DISTRIBUTIONAL COMPONENT
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
DIVERSE IMPACTS
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL WORK
ESTIMATION METHOD
EXCHANGE RATES
EXTERNAL TRADE
FALLING POVERTY
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FOREIGN TRADE
GINI INDEX
GROWTH ELASTICITY
GROWTH PROSPECTS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
HIGH CORRELATION
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INEQUALITY CONVERGENCE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY WILL
INFLATION
LIVING STANDARDS
LOG GINI
LOW FARM PRODUCTIVITY
LOW INEQUALITY
LOW INEQUALITY COUNTRIES
LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET FAILURES
MEAN INCOME
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS
MEASURING INEQUALITY
MEDIAN POVERTY
MEDIUM INEQUALITY
MEDIUM LEVELS
MICRO DATA
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL INCOME
NEW GROWTH THEORIES
NON-FARM OUTPUT
OUTPUT GROWTH
PAPERS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKING
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL PARTIES
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCING
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROPORTIONATE CHANGES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SPENDING
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
QUALITY GROWTH
REDUCING INEQUALITY
RISING INEQUALITY
SECONDARY SOURCES
SIZABLE REDISTRIBUTION
SKILLED LABOR
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URBAN AREAS
WEALTH
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AFFLUENCE
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
ANNUALIZED CHANGE
ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS
ASSET INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE RATE
BASIC EDUCATION
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
COUNTRY DATA
COUNTRY INEQUALITY
CREDIT MARKET
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE
DISTRIBUTIONAL COMPONENT
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
DIVERSE IMPACTS
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL WORK
ESTIMATION METHOD
EXCHANGE RATES
EXTERNAL TRADE
FALLING POVERTY
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FOREIGN TRADE
GINI INDEX
GROWTH ELASTICITY
GROWTH PROSPECTS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
HIGH CORRELATION
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INEQUALITY CONVERGENCE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY WILL
INFLATION
LIVING STANDARDS
LOG GINI
LOW FARM PRODUCTIVITY
LOW INEQUALITY
LOW INEQUALITY COUNTRIES
LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET FAILURES
MEAN INCOME
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS
MEASURING INEQUALITY
MEDIAN POVERTY
MEDIUM INEQUALITY
MEDIUM LEVELS
MICRO DATA
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL INCOME
NEW GROWTH THEORIES
NON-FARM OUTPUT
OUTPUT GROWTH
PAPERS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKING
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL PARTIES
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCING
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROPORTIONATE CHANGES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SPENDING
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
QUALITY GROWTH
REDUCING INEQUALITY
RISING INEQUALITY
SECONDARY SOURCES
SIZABLE REDISTRIBUTION
SKILLED LABOR
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URBAN AREAS
WEALTH
Ravallion, Martin
Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2558
description The evidence is compelling that the poor in developing countries do typically share in the gains from rising aggregate affluence and in the losses from aggregate contraction. But how much do poor people share in growth? Do they gain more in some settings than others? Do some gain while others lose? Does pro-poor growth mean more or less aggregate growth? Recent theories and evidence suggest some answers, but deeper microeconomic empirical work is needed on growth and distributed change. Only then will we have a firm basis for identifying the specific policies and programs needed to complement and possibly modify growth-oriented policies.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Ravallion, Martin
title Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages
title_short Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages
title_full Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages
title_fullStr Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages
title_full_unstemmed Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages
title_sort growth, inequality, and poverty : looking beyond averages
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003166/growth-inequality-poverty-looking-beyond-averages
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19704
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