Poverty Traps, Aid, and Growth

The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of development. They then use these models to assess the empiric...

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Main Authors: Kraay, Aart, Raddatz, Claudio
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
TFP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5864238/poverty-traps-aid-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8220

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