Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Measurement and Policy Issues. OECD Development Centre Working Paper No. 246

Autor/in	Klasen, Stephan
Institution	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Development Centre
Titel	Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Measurement and Policy Issues. OECD Development Centre Working Paper No. 246
Quelle	(2005), (55 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
DOI	10.1787/017028157830
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Economic Progress; Poverty; Income; Economically Disadvantaged; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Public Policy; Economic Development; Trend Analysis; Correlation; Intervention; Measurement Techniques; Bolivia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Armut; Einkommen; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Korrelation; Messtechnik; Bolivien
Abstract	The aim of this Working Paper is to broaden the debate on "pro-poor growth". An exclusive focus on the income dimension of poverty has neglected the non-income dimensions. After an examination of prominent views on the linkages between economic growth, inequality, and poverty reduction this paper discusses the proper definition and measurement of pro-poor growth. Bolivia serves as a case study to illustrate the usefulness of applying the analytical toolbox for pro-poor growth to non-income dimensions of poverty and offers some important new insights about differences in the evolution of both poverty dimensions. Growth in Bolivia has been more pro-poor in the non-income than in the income dimension. The analysis furthermore shows that extending use of the pro-poor growth toolbox to non-income dimensions of poverty greatly improves our understanding of the trends in non-income indicators. Such understanding is pivotal for a careful assessment of the linkages between income and non-income poverty along the entire income distribution. It is equally important for poverty monitoring and for defining policy interventions. It also allows deeper analysis of the relative merits of economic growth, compared to direct intervention aimed at improving non-income dimensions of poverty. (A bibliography is included. Contains 25 footnotes, 14 figures and 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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