Empirics of the Link between Growth and Poverty

Fallon, Peter

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ABSOLUTE POVERTY;    ASSET INEQUALITY;    AVERAGE INCOME;    AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH;    COUNTRY DATA;   

RP-ID  :  21601

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Many people have questioned whether theworld's poor share in economic growth. This notesynthesizes the empirical evidence. The data show thateconomic growth typically reduces poverty and can usually bedeemed pro-poor. But there is wide divergence acrosscountries. In some cases the poor have gained relativelylittle from growth; in other cases they have benefiteddisproportionately. Available data may have weaknessesbecause most empirical studies of poverty are based onmeasures of income or consumption. But poverty is a state inwhich the quality of a person's life falls short ofsome recognized standard of well-being, and so it requiresthat additional dimensions be considered.