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| Reviews |
| - 'There is no more important issue in development economics and perhaps even for the future of mankind than the interrelationship among growth, inequality and poverty. This is a very important book which goes a long way in clarifying this interrelationship and outlining the elements of a pro-poor development strategy.' - Erik Thorbecke Cornell University
- 'In this well researched and excellently edited study an array of experts analyzes the relationships between poverty, inequality and growth. Although there is disagreement on many issues, there is growing agreement that poverty reduction and greater equality are not only desirable in themselves but are also good for economic growth.' - Paul Streeten, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Boston
University, and chair of the Board of World Development
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| Description | | - A major contribution to one of the core issues current in development economics.
- Uses new microeconomic techniques such as poverty maps and microsimulation models to help analyse poverty and pro-poor policies.
- A well-balanced presentation of the major issues in the area.
| The relationship between growth, inequality, and poverty lies at the heart of development economics. This volume draws together many of the most important recent contributions to the controversies surrounding this topic.
Some of the chapters help explain why there is profound disagreement on crucial issues of growth, poverty and inequality within academic circles, and among organizations
and various groups active in the development field. Another central theme is the cross-country evidence on the relationship between growth and poverty, and the extent to which it is valid to draw policy conclusions from this empirical evidence. The volume also shows how new microeconomic techniques such as poverty maps and microsimulation models can be used to improve poverty analysis and the
design of pro-poor policies.
The overall conclusion points to the need for diverse strategies towards growth and poverty, rather than simple blanket policy rules. Initial conditions, specific country structures, and time horizons all play a significant role. Initial conditions affect the speed with which growth reduces poverty and can also determine whether policies such as trade liberalization
have a pro-poor or an anti-poor outcome. Improved education is valuable in itself, and also contributes to poverty reduction; but its effect on inequality depends on supply and demand factors, which differ significantly across countries. Likewise, the quantitative impact on poverty of redistribution from the rich to the poor vis-à-vis an increase in total national income can vary greatly across
countries. Hence the need for creative approaches to poverty which take full account of the specific circumstances of individual nations and which assign a central role to inequality analysis in the discussion of poverty-alleviation policies.
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Readership: Academics, researchers, and graduate students of development economics and political economy, and those working in the field of development.
| Contents |
1.
Economic Policy, Distribution, and Poverty: The Nature of Disagreements
,
Ravi Kanbur
2.
Growth is Good for the Poor
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David Dollar and Aart Kraay
3.
Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Looking Beyond the Averages
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Martin Ravallion
4.
The Growth Elasticity of Poverty
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Rasmus Heltberg
5.
Education is Good for the Poor: A Note on Dollar and Kraay
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Erich Gundlach, Jose Navarro de Pablo, and Natascha Weisert
6.
Growth, Distribution, and Poverty Reduction: LDCs are Falling Further Behind
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Felix Naschold
7.
Redistribution Does Matter: Growth and Redistribution for Poverty Reduction
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Hulya Dagdeviren, Rolph van der Hoeven, and John Weeks
8.
Producing and Improved Geographic Profile of Poverty: Methodology and Evidence from Three Developing Countries
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Gabriel Demombynes, Chris Elbers, Jean O. Lanjouw, Peter Lanjouw, Johan Mistiaen, and Berk Ozler
9.
Twin Peaks: Distribution Dynamics of Economic Growth Across Indian States
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Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
10.
A Decomposition of Inequality and Poverty Changes in the Context of Macroeconomic Adjustment: A Microsimulation Study for Cote d'Ivoire
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Michael Grimm
11.
Educational Expansion and Income Distribution: A Micro-Simulation for Ceara
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Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Phillipe George Leite
12.
Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review
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Arne Bigsten and Jorgen Levin
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Anthony Shorrocks, Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University and
Rolph van der Hoeven, Manager of the Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization
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