Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition
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Note: Paper prepared for presentation at the Senior Polic Seminar VIII organized b African Economic Research Consortium, March 7-9, 2006, Dakar, Senegal. I am grateful to Prof. Germano Mwabu for helpful comments.
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Keywords
Economic Reform; Pro-Poor Growth; Developing Countries; Economies in Transition; Africa; Poverty Reduction.;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2006-02-19 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2006-02-19 (Development)
- NEP-TRA-2006-02-19 (Transition Economics)
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