A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis

A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis

Starting with a general impact indicator as an evaluation criterion, The author offers an integrative framework for a unified discussion of various concepts and measures of pro-poor growth emerging from the current literature. He shows that whether...

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Main Author: Essama-Nssah, B.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY MEASURES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EVALUATION CRITERIA
POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS
INDICATORS
EQUALITY
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
GROWTH PATTERNS
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5119784/unified-framework-pro-poor-growth-analysis
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14140
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spelling okr-10986-141402021-04-23T14:03:21Z A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis Essama-Nssah, B. POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY MEASURES ECONOMIC GROWTH EVALUATION CRITERIA POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS INDICATORS EQUALITY DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT GROWTH PATTERNS ABSOLUTE POVERTY Starting with a general impact indicator as an evaluation criterion, The author offers an integrative framework for a unified discussion of various concepts and measures of pro-poor growth emerging from the current literature. He shows that whether economic growth is considered pro-poor depends fundamentally on the choice of evaluative weights. In addition, the author's framework leads to a new indicator of the rate of pro-poor growth that can be interpreted as the equally distributed equivalent growth rate. This is a distribution-adjusted rate of growth that depends on the chosen level of inequality aversion. Illustrations based on data for Indonesia in the 1990s show a strong link between growth and poverty reduction in that country. A decomposition of the observed poverty outcomes reveals the extent to which changes in inequality have blunted the poverty impacts of both growth and contraction. Finally, the results also demonstrate that absolute and relative indicators of pro-poor growth can lead to conflicting conclusions from the same set of facts. 2013-06-24T14:41:18Z 2013-06-24T14:41:18Z 2004-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5119784/unified-framework-pro-poor-growth-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14140 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3397 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific
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topic POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY MEASURES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EVALUATION CRITERIA
POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS
INDICATORS
EQUALITY
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
GROWTH PATTERNS
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
spellingShingle POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY MEASURES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EVALUATION CRITERIA
POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS
INDICATORS
EQUALITY
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
GROWTH PATTERNS
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
Essama-Nssah, B.
A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.3397
description Starting with a general impact indicator as an evaluation criterion, The author offers an integrative framework for a unified discussion of various concepts and measures of pro-poor growth emerging from the current literature. He shows that whether economic growth is considered pro-poor depends fundamentally on the choice of evaluative weights. In addition, the author's framework leads to a new indicator of the rate of pro-poor growth that can be interpreted as the equally distributed equivalent growth rate. This is a distribution-adjusted rate of growth that depends on the chosen level of inequality aversion. Illustrations based on data for Indonesia in the 1990s show a strong link between growth and poverty reduction in that country. A decomposition of the observed poverty outcomes reveals the extent to which changes in inequality have blunted the poverty impacts of both growth and contraction. Finally, the results also demonstrate that absolute and relative indicators of pro-poor growth can lead to conflicting conclusions from the same set of facts.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Essama-Nssah, B.
author_facet Essama-Nssah, B.
author_sort Essama-Nssah, B.
title A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis
title_short A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis
title_full A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis
title_fullStr A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis
title_full_unstemmed A Unified Framework for Pro-Poor Growth Analysis
title_sort unified framework for pro-poor growth analysis
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5119784/unified-framework-pro-poor-growth-analysis
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14140
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