Pro-Poor Growth: A Primer

These days it seems that almost everyone in the development community is talking about "pro-poor growth." What exactly is it, and how can we measure it? Is ordinary economic growth always "pro-poor growth" or is that some special kind of growth? And if it is something special, what makes it happen? The author first reviews alternative approaches to defining and measuring "pro-poor growth." He then analyzes evidence on whether growth is pro-poor, what factors make it more pro-poor (including the role played by both initial inequality and changing inequality), and whether the factors that make the distribution of the gains from growth pro-poor come at a cost to growth. The author identifies some priorities for future research.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ravallion, Martin
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2004-03
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ABSOLUTE TERMS, ABSOLUTE VALUE, ADVERSE IMPACT, AGGREGATE GROWTH, AGGREGATE OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, ANNUAL RATE, AVERAGE INCOME, AVERAGE INEQUALITY, BASIC EDUCATION, CAPITAL MARKET, CAPITAL MARKET FAILURES, CHANGING INCOME DISTRIBUTION, COUNTRY LEVEL, CREDIT MARKET, CROSS- COUNTRY COMPARISONS, CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION, CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, CUMULATIVE INCOME, CUMULATIVE INCOME SHARES, DATA ISSUES, DATA SET, DECREASING FUNCTION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPING WORLD, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE, DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES, DISTRIBUTIONAL TERM, DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS, DIVERSE IMPACTS, ECONOMIC CONTRACTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC LITERATURE, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMIC REVIEW, ECONOMICS, EMPIRICAL MODEL, GINI INDEX, GROWING ECONOMY, GROWTH COMPONENT, GROWTH ELASTICITY, GROWTH PROCESS, GROWTH PROSPECTS, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEAD COUNT INDEX, HEALTH CARE, HIGH GROWTH, HIGH INEQUALITY, HIGH INEQUALITY COUNTRIES, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN RESOURCE, INCOME DISPARITIES, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME LEVELS, INCOME SHORTFALL, INEQUALITY CHANGES, INEQUALITY INDEX, INEQUALITY WILL, INFLATION, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW FARM PRODUCTIVITY, LOW INEQUALITY, MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY, MACROECONOMICS, MARKET FAILURES, MEAN CONSUMPTION, MEAN GROWTH, MEAN INCOME, MEAN INCOMES, MEASUREMENT ERROR, MEASUREMENT ERRORS, MEDIAN INCOME, MORAL HAZARD, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NEGATIVE CORRELATION, NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP, NEW GROWTH THEORIES, NON- FARM OUTPUT, NON-FARM OUTPUT, 0 HYPOTHESIS, OUTPUT GROWTH, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY INTERVENTION, POLICY REFORMS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR AREAS, POOR PEOPLE, POPULOUS COUNTRIES, POSITIVE CORRELATION, POSITIVE GROWTH, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY GAP INDEX, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCING, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY RISES, PRIVATE CONSUMPTION, PRO-POOR, PRO-POOR GROWTH, PROPORTIONATE CHANGES, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC SPENDING, PURCHASING POWER, REAL INCOME, REDUCING INEQUALITY, REDUCING POVERTY, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, RELATIVE POVERTY, RISING INEQUALITY, SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE, SOCIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL SERVICES, TAXATION, TRADE REGIME, URBAN AREAS, WEALTH ECONOMIC GROWTH THEORIES, INEQUALITY, POVERTY MITIGATION, POVERTY EVALUATION METHODS, GROWTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4095881/pro-poor-growth-primer https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14116
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