Growth and Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Analysis
Kakwani, Nanak | June 2000
Abstract
This paper develops an inequality-growth trade off index, which shows how much growth is needed to offset the adverse impact of an increase in inequality in poverty. The empirical analysis based on this index shows that pro-poor policies
will have a greater payoff for poverty reduction in Thailand, while growthmaximizing policies may be more adequate for Korea and Lao PDR. For the Philippines, a mixture of growth and pro-poor policies may be deemed as adequate.
Further, the paper shows that countries with low initial inequality will have a greater poverty reduction payoff from growth, whereas countries with high initial inequality will have a greater poverty reduction payoff from pro-poor policies. Finally, the paper suggests that if our focus is on ultra poverty, then pro-poor policies would be of greater benefit.
Citation
Kakwani, Nanak. 2000. Growth and Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Analysis. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5398.Keywords
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Eradication
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Poverty Reduction Efforts
Urban Poverty
Development Indicators
Environmental Indicators
Economic Indicators
Educational Indicators
Demographic Indicators
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Low Income Groups
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Conditions
Urban Development
Urban Sociology
Poor
Economic forecasting
Health expectancy
Social groups
Political participation
Distribution of income
Inequality of income
Developing countries
Rural community development
Mass society
Social change
Social policy
Social stability
Population
Sustainable development
Peasantry
Urban policy
Urban renewal
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