Growth, Inequality, and Poverty : Looking Beyond Averages

Ravallion, Martin

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ABSOLUTE POVERTY;    ABSOLUTE TERMS;    ADVERSE EFFECTS;    AFFLUENCE;    AGGREGATE GROWTH;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2558
RP-ID  :  WPS2558

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The evidence is compelling that the poorin developing countries do typically share in the gains fromrising aggregate affluence and in the losses from aggregatecontraction. But how much do poor people share in growth? Dothey gain more in some settings than others? Do some gainwhile others lose? Does pro-poor growth mean more or lessaggregate growth? Recent theories and evidence suggest someanswers, but deeper microeconomic empirical work is neededon growth and distributed change. Only then will we have afirm basis for identifying the specific policies andprograms needed to complement and possibly modifygrowth-oriented policies.