Is Growth Good Enough for the Poor?
Pernia, Ernesto M. | October 2001
Abstract
Asia's success story has been highlighted by the remarkable social transformation and poverty reduction accompanying rapid economic growth. Some three decades ago, more than half of the region was poor, just two of five adults were literate, and the average person could hope to live only 48 years. Currently, the proportion of poor people is down to one third, 70 percent of adults are literate, and life expectancy is up to 68 years. And while the region's population has increased from 1.8 billion to 3 billion, the number of poor people has dropped from more than 1 billion to below 900 million.
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Pernia, Ernesto M.. 2001. Is Growth Good Enough for the Poor?. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1480. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Poverty Analysis
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Reduction Strategy
Extreme Poverty
Economic development
Growth And Poverty
Energy
Income Distribution
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