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What is Pro-poor Growth?

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  • Nanak Kakwani
  • Ernesto M. Pernia

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This paper attempts to explain the concept of “pro-poor growth†, and argues that it represents a major departure from the “trickle-down†phenomenon. It proposes a new indicator—the pro-poor growth index—that measures the degree to which growth can be considered to be pro-poor. The new indicator is used to analyze the nature of economic growth in three countries, namely, Republic of Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Thailand.

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  • Nanak Kakwani & Ernesto M. Pernia, 2000. "What is Pro-poor Growth?," Asian Development Review (ADR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(01), pages 1-16.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:18:y:2000:i:01:n:s0116110500000014
    DOI: 10.1142/S0116110500000014
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