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dc.contributor.authorHeltberg, Rasmusen
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-14T09:51:29Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-14T09:51:29Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.isbn929190161Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/53102-
dc.description.abstractHow much does economic growth contribute to poverty reduction? I discuss analytical and empirical approches to assess the poverty elasticity of growth, and emphasize that the relationship between growth and poverty change is non-constant. For a given poverty measure, it depends on initial inequality and on the location of the poverty line relative to mean income. In most cases, growth is more important for poverty reduction than changes in inequality, but this does not tender inequality unimportant. Reduction in inequality may be triple effective: (1) it will reduce poverty for a given level of income, (2) it will accelerate the poverty reducing impact of economic growth, and (3) according to crosscountry growth regressions, it may contribute to a larger rate of growth. – poverty ; poverty reduction ; economic growth ; inequalityen
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Discussion Paper |x2002/21en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.jelO40en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwArmuten
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftswachstumen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleThe poverty elasticity of growth-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn346063434en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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