This paper analyzes empirically the impact of trade policy and sector specific openness on pro-poor growth in a cross-country approach to answer the question, whether the poorest 20 and 20 to 40 percent benefit from trade openness. To capture this issue, we estimate the distribution effect of...

This paper extends the ongoing discussion on optimal exchange rate regimes to the issue of pro-poor growth. To analyze empirically the poverty effects of exchange rate regimes, we estimate the distribution effects of different exchange rate arrangements on the poorest 20 and 20 to 40 percent. In...