In this paper, we examine the link between the concepts of income convergence and pro-poor growth in a panel of countries. We show that if growth is pro-poor, then the convergence which occurs is a ‘pro-poor convergence’, because it necessarily implies a fall in income inequality. The...

I use the pro-poor growth and convergence analytical frameworks to study the dynamic of the world income growth. I propose an integrated approach which allows to show whether the world growth has been favourable to the developing countries, and to assess the world income mobility over countries....

The concept of ‘pro-poor growth’ focuses on the interrelation between economic growth, inequality and poverty. The literature has often considered the concept of pro-poor growth within a country by using household data in one or in a large cross-section of countries. In this paper, we adopt...