Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity
Focusing on the welfare of the less well off as a measure of real societal progress is the fundamental principle underlying the WBG indicator of "shared prosperity", namely income growth of the bottom 40 percent in every country. This pap...
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ABSOLUTE TERMS ADVERSE IMPACT ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH AVERAGE INEQUALITY AVERAGE RATE CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLEAN WATER CONFLICT CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT MARKET CROSS-SECTION DATA DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINING INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION EXOGENOUS FACTORS EXTREME POVERTY GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROWING ECONOMY GROWTH EPISODES GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH CORRELATION HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HIGHER INEQUALITY HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME TRANSFERS INCOME TRENDS INCOMES INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY COUNTRIES INEQUALITY REDUCTION INEQUALITY TRENDS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LONG RUN LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS MEASURING INEQUALITY MEDIAN INCOME MEDIUM TERM MICRO DATA NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY POINT OF VIEW POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HEALTH POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY-GROWTH-INEQUALITY TRIANGLE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL PROMOTING EQUALITY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY REAL INCOME REAL PER CAPITA INCOME REDISTRIBUTING RESOURCES REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOME DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE POVERTY RISING INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL GAP RURAL HOUSEHOLD SANITATION SAVINGS SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TAXATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WAGES WEALTH DISTRIBUTION WELL BEING WELL-BEING WELLBEING |
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ABSOLUTE TERMS ADVERSE IMPACT ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH AVERAGE INEQUALITY AVERAGE RATE CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLEAN WATER CONFLICT CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT MARKET CROSS-SECTION DATA DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINING INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION EXOGENOUS FACTORS EXTREME POVERTY GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROWING ECONOMY GROWTH EPISODES GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH CORRELATION HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HIGHER INEQUALITY HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME TRANSFERS INCOME TRENDS INCOMES INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY COUNTRIES INEQUALITY REDUCTION INEQUALITY TRENDS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LONG RUN LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS MEASURING INEQUALITY MEDIAN INCOME MEDIUM TERM MICRO DATA NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY POINT OF VIEW POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HEALTH POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY-GROWTH-INEQUALITY TRIANGLE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL PROMOTING EQUALITY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY REAL INCOME REAL PER CAPITA INCOME REDISTRIBUTING RESOURCES REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOME DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE POVERTY RISING INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL GAP RURAL HOUSEHOLD SANITATION SAVINGS SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TAXATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WAGES WEALTH DISTRIBUTION WELL BEING WELL-BEING WELLBEING Narayan, Ambar Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime Tiwari, Sailesh Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6649 |
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Focusing on the welfare of the less well
off as a measure of real societal progress is the
fundamental principle underlying the WBG indicator of
"shared prosperity", namely income growth of the
bottom 40 percent in every country. This paper uses a
database assembled by the World Bank Group to investigate
some basic characteristics of shared prosperity,
particularly its relationship with overall economic growth
and inequality. Initial estimates using this dataset of 79
countries show that median income growth of the bottom 40
percent (circa 2005-2010) was 4.2 percent, a high number in
comparison to the 3.1 percent per capita income growth of
the overall population. In addition, the low and
lower-middle income countries appear to be trailing the
upper middle and high income countries in boosting shared
prosperity. Establishing conceptual links between income
growth of the bottom 40 percent, the overall growth rate and
reviewing existing evidence on how these relate to
inequality, the paper discusses two main ideas. First,
shared prosperity is strongly correlated with overall
prosperity implying that the whole host of policies that are
important to generate and sustain growth remain relevant.
Second, boosting shared prosperity will also require a
concerted effort to strengthen the social contract,
particularly in the area of promoting equality of
opportunity. Growing evidence suggests that improving access
for all and reducing inequality of opportunities --
particularly those related to human capital development of
children -- are not only about "fairness" and
building a "just society", but also about
realizing a society's aspirations of economic prosperity. |
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Narayan, Ambar Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime Tiwari, Sailesh |
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Narayan, Ambar Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime Tiwari, Sailesh |
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Narayan, Ambar |
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Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity |
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Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity |
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Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity |
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Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity |
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Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity |
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shared prosperity : links to growth, inequality and inequality of ppportunity |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18376904/shared-prosperity-links-growth-inequality-inequality-opportunity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16866 |
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okr-10986-168662021-04-23T14:03:32Z Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity Narayan, Ambar Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime Tiwari, Sailesh ABSOLUTE TERMS ADVERSE IMPACT ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH AVERAGE INEQUALITY AVERAGE RATE CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLEAN WATER CONFLICT CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY INEQUALITY CREDIT MARKET CROSS-SECTION DATA DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINING INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION EXOGENOUS FACTORS EXTREME POVERTY GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROWING ECONOMY GROWTH EPISODES GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH CORRELATION HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HIGHER INEQUALITY HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME TRANSFERS INCOME TRENDS INCOMES INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY COUNTRIES INEQUALITY REDUCTION INEQUALITY TRENDS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LONG RUN LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS MEASURING INEQUALITY MEDIAN INCOME MEDIUM TERM MICRO DATA NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY POINT OF VIEW POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HEALTH POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY-GROWTH-INEQUALITY TRIANGLE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL PROMOTING EQUALITY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY REAL INCOME REAL PER CAPITA INCOME REDISTRIBUTING RESOURCES REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOME DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE POVERTY RISING INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL GAP RURAL HOUSEHOLD SANITATION SAVINGS SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TAXATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WAGES WEALTH DISTRIBUTION WELL BEING WELL-BEING WELLBEING Focusing on the welfare of the less well off as a measure of real societal progress is the fundamental principle underlying the WBG indicator of "shared prosperity", namely income growth of the bottom 40 percent in every country. This paper uses a database assembled by the World Bank Group to investigate some basic characteristics of shared prosperity, particularly its relationship with overall economic growth and inequality. Initial estimates using this dataset of 79 countries show that median income growth of the bottom 40 percent (circa 2005-2010) was 4.2 percent, a high number in comparison to the 3.1 percent per capita income growth of the overall population. In addition, the low and lower-middle income countries appear to be trailing the upper middle and high income countries in boosting shared prosperity. Establishing conceptual links between income growth of the bottom 40 percent, the overall growth rate and reviewing existing evidence on how these relate to inequality, the paper discusses two main ideas. First, shared prosperity is strongly correlated with overall prosperity implying that the whole host of policies that are important to generate and sustain growth remain relevant. Second, boosting shared prosperity will also require a concerted effort to strengthen the social contract, particularly in the area of promoting equality of opportunity. Growing evidence suggests that improving access for all and reducing inequality of opportunities -- particularly those related to human capital development of children -- are not only about "fairness" and building a "just society", but also about realizing a society's aspirations of economic prosperity. 2014-02-04T17:46:35Z 2014-02-04T17:46:35Z 2013-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18376904/shared-prosperity-links-growth-inequality-inequality-opportunity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16866 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6649 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |