Growth that reduces poverty is often considered pro-poor regardless of whether the poor benefit from it more than the … non-poor. Such growth could simply be termed poverty-reducing growth. This paper argues that for growth to be pro-poor it … should disproportionally benefit the poor. The paper proposes an operational definition of pro-poor growth that restricts it …

-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since … the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both …

After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since … around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as … poverty over the period, and what poverty reduction there has been has mostly occurred in Dar es Salaam. Indicators of non …

relationship between inequality and growth, the role of agriculture in the development process, the relationships between ethnicity …This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the …

This paper provides evidence on growth and income poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean. Results are obtained by … economies have experienced very heterogeneous patterns of growth and poverty changes. Most countries in the region have had a … rather meager performance in terms of poverty reduction. Episodes of positive, significant and unambiguously pro-poor income …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of a new measure of pro-poor growth, which links growth rates in mean income … and in income inequality. The other contribution is a decomposition methodology that explores linkages between three …

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

spur growth in the economy, that increasing income/consumption levels contribute to reducing inequality, and that poverty …In this study, we examine the contributions of growth and redistribution to poverty reduction in Mexico during the …, inequality, and poverty, being careful to avoid spurious correlation arising from data construction. The GMM regression results …

Shakespeare, this paper examines the relations between poverty levels, economic growth and changes in inequality in Tanzania …Studying the relation between economic growth and income poverty reduction without taking changes in the distribution … during the 1990s. It offers four conclusions. First, the efficiency with which growth reduces poverty increases with a …

Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations … evaluation of the main stylized facts concerning poverty, inequality, and growth. It will uncover existing trends, put …