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agriculture a key pillar in the country’s pursuit of inclusive growth, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. …
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growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears … process. Two alternatives development strategies are described: pro-poor growth and pro-growth poverty reduction. The finding … that high initial poverty incidence acts as a deterrent to subsequent growth is confronted with micro evidence from rural …
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. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household …
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poverty has been a subject of controversy. This paper brings into focus recent evidence on the pace of poverty reduction in … suggest that there is credible evidence for poverty to have declined significantly since the 1990s but at a lesser speed than … growth in per capita GDP. More importantly, global poverty tends to respond much more strongly to shifts in sector of …
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This paper explores the question of structural transformation and income distribution through the eyes of the pioneer in such analysis, Simon Kuznets. It argues that his 1955 paper stands the test of time in providing insights which are relevant to understanding current phenomena like the...
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's employment share declined, but most new jobs were in services. Concurrently, poverty incidence declined dramatically. Income …. Economic growth combined with structural change contributed to poverty reduction, but the magnitude of this impact depends … heavily on the poverty line used in calculating poverty. The Thai data support the Kuznets hypothesis of an inverted U …
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