Impact of growth on poverty
- Achieving poverty reduction through pro-poor growth
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How do growth strategies affect the ability of poor households to participate in and benefit from growth? This book explores how country policies and conditions interact to reduce poverty and to spread the benefits of growth across different income groups. It provides insights from eight countries that have been relatively successful in delivering pro-poor growth.
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Are Rwanda's rural sector policies really pro-poor?
- ( A. Ansoms / Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp , 2007)
- This paper critically analyses the challenges and priorities for Rwanda’s rural sector policies in the fight against poverty. The lessons drawn are important, the author asserts, as this sector ...
- Setting the foundations for effective poverty reduction
- ( Development Assistance Committee, OECD , 2007)
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Policies and programmes for poverty reduction often fail to achieve pro-poor impacts if they are not based on a preliminary assessment of their likely distributional impacts. This manual offers an ...
- Harnessing the benefits of economic liberalisation for poverty reduction: India
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2007)
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India is now the third largest economy in the world with an annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 7.5 percent. This policy brief presents the assessment and recommendations of the 2007...
- Untangling a conundrum: growth, poverty reduction and rising inequality
- ( R. Kanbur / Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University , 2007)
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In the last two decades, a range of countries have experienced high growth, reduced poverty but rising inequality. This paper examines the nexus between growth, redistribution and poverty, and asks...
- Examining inequality, growth and poverty in 17 Asian countries
- ( H.H. Son / Asian Development Bank , 2007)
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This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries for the period 1981–2001. The author uses an inequality–growth tra...
- Reconciling economic growth with a rights-based approach
- ( K. R. Bandyopadhyay / Eldis Document Store , 2007)
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Planners and policymakers in India have been emphasising higher economic growth as an outcome as well as a prime-mover of development policies. However, while discussing economic growth both a...
How can growing inequalities in Asia be addressed?
- ( Asian Development Bank , 2007)
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Over the last decade, high rates of economic growth have become more common in Asian countries, yet it is widely believed that inequalities have also grown in many countries. How correct is this pe...
- Macroeconomic stability and pro-poor growth: the case of Uganda
- ( J. Okidi;S. Ssewanyana;L. Bategeka / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda , 2005)
- This paper provides an overview of the broad economic strategies Uganda has implemented since independence in 1962. The authors conclude that the Ugandan experience demonstrates the vital importance o...
- Is South Asia on the right track to development?
- ( Asian Development Bank , 2006)
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This second issue of the South Asia Economic Report (SAER) discusses social sectors in transition, with a particular focus on education and health. It looks at transformational trends and their imp...
- Limited impact of aid to the Pacific
- ( B.B. Rao;K.L. Sharma;R. Singh;N. Lata / United Nations University , 2007)
- Pacific Island Countries (PICs) face unique economic challenges including high vulnerability to natural disasters and remoteness from major ports and export markets. This paper examines the impact of ...
