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Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review

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Bigsten, Arne
Levin, Jorgen

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Keywords: Pro-poor growth; Income distribution; Poverty; Survey;

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  1. Dorothée Boccanfuso & Samuel Tambi Kaboré, 2004. "Croissance, inégalité et pauvreté dans les années quatre-vingt-dix au Burkina Faso et au Sénégal," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 18(2), pages 9-35. [Downloadable!]
  2. Dorothée BOCCANFUSO & Tambi Samuel KABORE, 2004. "Macroeconomic Growth, Sectoral Quality Of Growth And Poverty In Developing Countries: Measure And Application To Burkina Faso," Cahiers de recherche 04-07, Departement d'Economique de la Faculte d'administration à l'Universite de Sherbrooke. [Downloadable!]
  3. Bigsten, Arne & Kebede, Bereket & Shimeles, Abebe & Taddesse , Mekonnen, 2002. "Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys," Working Papers in Economics 65, Göteborg University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Svedberg, Peter, 2002. "Income Distribution Across Countries: How is it Measured and What Do the Results Show?," Seminar Papers 698, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies. [Downloadable!]
  5. Bigsten, Arne & Durevall, Dick, 2004. "Kenya’s Development Path and Factor Prices 1964-2000," Working Papers in Economics 142, Göteborg University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  6. Samuel Tambi Kaboré, 2004. "Qualité de la croissance économique et pauvreté dans les pays en développement : mesure et application au Burkina Faso," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 18(2), pages 37-63. [Downloadable!]
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