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Assessment of the Impact of Pro-Poor Growth on Poverty in Developing Countries

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  • Ilhem Zorgui
  • Houda Ayed
  • Said Jaouadi

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The paper aims at determining the impact of pro-poor growth on poverty in developing countries. The abundant literature regarding the issue of beneficial effects of the raise of national wealth on poor classes provided conflicted findings. In the addition of the theoretical review regarding the surveys attempting to find out the role of growth on poverty, the present paper relies on providing a new framework of analysis to find out the real impact of economic growth on the living conditions of the poor. The empirical analysis stands for the conduct of an empirical research made up of an econometric model applied on a panel of some developing countries. The empirical research revealed that growth could have a harmful impact on poverty in developing countries. The last finding remains limited because the coefficient is not statistically significant. The illustration of the outcome focuses on the lack of data about ineffective income redistribution, or regarding the contribution of some specific economic field as agriculture.

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  • Ilhem Zorgui & Houda Ayed & Said Jaouadi, 2016. "Assessment of the Impact of Pro-Poor Growth on Poverty in Developing Countries," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 6(2), pages 255-264, December.
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    Keywords

    Pro-poor growth; Multidimensionality of poverty; Growth.;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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