Pro-Poor Growth: A Primer

Ravallion, Martin

World Bank, Washington, D.C.

关键词: ABSOLUTE POVERTY;    ABSOLUTE TERMS;    ABSOLUTE VALUE;    ADVERSE IMPACT;    AGGREGATE GROWTH;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-3242
RP-ID  :  WPS3242

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

These days it seems that almost everyonein the development community is talking about "pro-poorgrowth." What exactly is it, and how can we measure it?Is ordinary economic growth always "pro-poorgrowth" or is that some special kind of growth? And ifit is something special, what makes it happen? The authorfirst reviews alternative approaches to defining andmeasuring "pro-poor growth." He then analyzesevidence on whether growth is pro-poor, what factors make itmore pro-poor (including the role played by both initialinequality and changing inequality), and whether the factorsthat make the distribution of the gains from growth pro-poorcome at a cost to growth. The author identifies somepriorities for future research.