Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Measurement Issues using Income and Non-Income Indicators

This paper first reviews the debate on the definition of pro-poor growth and argues that a relative definition has merits when defining the state of pro-poor growth, while an absolute definition is most suitable when analyzing the rate of pro-poor growth. The second contribution is to extend the pro...

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Published in:World development 2008-03, Vol.36 (3), p.420-445
Main Author: Klasen, Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antipoverty Programs
Bolivia
Development economics
Economic Development
Economic growth
Economic indicators
Income
Income Distribution
Inequality
Latin America
Millennium Development Goals
non-income poverty
Poor
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
pro-poor growth
Studies
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Summary:This paper first reviews the debate on the definition of pro-poor growth and argues that a relative definition has merits when defining the state of pro-poor growth, while an absolute definition is most suitable when analyzing the rate of pro-poor growth. The second contribution is to extend the pro-poor growth toolbox to non-income indicators. The analysis, applied to Bolivia, shows that this extension greatly improves our understanding of the distribution of change in non-income indicators, of the linkages between progress in income and non-income dimensions of poverty, and on the incidence of progress in non-income outcomes along the income distribution.
ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.03.008