A Comparative Perspective on Poverty Reduction in Brazil, China and India

Brazil, China and India have seen falling poverty in their reform periods, but to varying degrees and for different reasons. History left China with favorable initial conditions for rapid poverty reduction through market-led economic growth; at the outset of the reform process there were ample distortions to remove and relatively low inequality in access to the opportunities so created, though inequality has risen markedly since. By concentrating such opportunities in the hands of the better off, prior inequalities in various dimensions handicapped poverty reduction in both Brazil and India. Brazil's recent success in complementing market-oriented reforms with progressive social policies has helped it achieve more rapid poverty reduction than India, although Brazil has been less successful in terms of economic growth. In the wake of its steep rise in inequality, China might learn from Brazil's success with such policies. India needs to do more to assure that poor people are able to participate in both the country's growth process and its social policies; here there are lessons from both China and Brazil. All three countries have learned how important macroeconomic stability is to poverty reduction.

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Main Author:	Ravallion, Martin
Language:	English
Published:	2009-10-01
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, ANTI-POVERTY, AVERAGE INCOME, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC HEALTH, BUDGET DEFICITS, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, CASH TRANSFERS, COLLECTIVE FARMS, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, COUNTRY REGRESSIONS, DATA ISSUES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPING WORLD, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE, DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES, DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT, DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC REFORM, ECONOMIC STAGNATION, ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS LETTERS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EGS, EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, FAMINE, FARM GROWTH, FARM OUTPUT, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, FARM PRODUCTS, FARM SECTOR, FARM WORK, FARMERS, FARMLAND, FEMALE LITERACY, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD MARKETS, FOOD STAPLES, FOOD SUBSIDIES, FOOD-FOR-EDUCATION, GENDER GAPS, GEOGRAPHIC POVERTY TRAPS, GINI INDEX, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL POVERTY, GROWTH EFFECT, GROWTH ELASTICITY, GROWTH PROCESS, GROWTH PROSPECTS, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEALTH CARE, HIGH INEQUALITY, HIGH INFLATION, HIGHER INEQUALITY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HUMAN ASSETS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPACT ON POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME REDISTRIBUTION, INCOME SUPPORT, INDICATOR TARGETING, INDIVIDUAL FARMERS, INDUSTRIAL POLICY, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY CONVERGENCE, INEQUALITY MEASURES, INEQUALITY WILL, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE, LAND RIGHTS, LANDHOLDINGS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LONG RUN, LONG-RUN GROWTH, LONG-TERM GROWTH, LOW FARM PRODUCTIVITY, LOW INEQUALITY, LOW INEQUALITY COUNTRIES, LOW SHARE, MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION, MARGINAL PRODUCT, MARGINAL TAX, MARGINAL TAX RATE, MARKET FAILURES, MEAN INCOME, MEASURING POVERTY, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NATIONAL POVERTY LINES, NEGATIVE EFFECT, OUTPUT GROWTH, PAYMENTS CRISIS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POLICY CONVERGENCE, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY PACKAGE, POLICY REFORMS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TARGETING, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR FAMILIES, POOR LIVING, POOR PARENTS, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY DYNAMICS, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY GAP INDEX, POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY REDUCING, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY-REDUCING GROWTH, PRO-GROWTH STRATEGY, PRO-POOR, PRO-POOR GROWTH, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC WORKS, RAPID GROWTH, REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES, REDUCED INEQUALITY, REDUCED POVERTY, REDUCING INEQUALITY, REDUCING POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REFORM EFFORTS, RELATIVE GAINS, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, RURAL ECONOMIC REFORMS, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL EMPLOYMENT, RURAL GAP, RURAL HINTERLAND, RURAL INCOME, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL LIVING STANDARDS, RURAL POOR, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY LINE, RURAL POVERTY LINES, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL SECTOR, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAVINGS, SCHOOLING, SECONDARY ENROLLMENT, SECTORAL COMPOSITION, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SPENDING, STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, TARGETED TRANSFERS, TARGETING, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNSKILLED LABOR, URBAN AREAS,
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