Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and … countries the key components of inclusive growth models, outcomes from these models, and the road ahead in the respective … role of social assistance and commodity boom in Brazil, and the inequality puzzle in Egypt. The paper finds that there is a …

Over the past decades ASEAN countries have experienced rapid economic growth accompanied by a dramatic fall in poverty … rates, but income inequality has not retreated. This research aims at identifying factors which could contribute to more … equally distributed growth in ASEAN. To measure inclusive growth, we use a variable integrating per capita income growth and …

This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines … claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition …

Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and … empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The … evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on …

Although growth has improved substantially in most African countries in recent years, poverty across the continent has … exhibit higher poverty rates now than in 1990 despite economic growth. This paper seeks to understand the reasons for this … conducive to inclusive growth and poverty reduction compared to initially more inequitable mineral resource and large farm based …

Growth improved substantially in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 1990, but poverty in SSA as a whole … be observed. The empirical analysis estimates the growth elasticity of poverty using various specifications, some … in poverty reduction; and ii) growth rates do not differ on average between the two groups, but the growth elasticity of …

service institutions, could broaden access to financial resources, fuel non-inflationary, demand-led growth; and foster …

economic growth and poverty reduction, particularly focusing on public policy mechanisms to reduce poverty and inequality … poverty reduction. First, it examines the structure of economic growth and its proximate determinants in the two countries …. Malaysia, unlike Pakistan, was able to sustain rapid economic growth with equally impressive reduction in poverty because the …

This study confirms a strong and robust relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in sub … fast- and slow-growth, countries. The study also finds that quality of growth, civil conflict, HIV/AIDs, civil and … institutional freedom, and island economies are important control variables that help explain the variability of poverty across …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between inequality and growth, and analyzes the impacts of growth …, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that … challenge the belief that income inequality has a negative effect on growth and confirm the validity of the Kuznets curve …