Determinants of Pro-Poor Growth: Analytical Issues and Findings from Country Cases

ISBN-13: 9781403987624 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 269 str.

Stephen Klasen; Michael Grimm; Andy McKay

Opis

This volume analyzes determinants of pro-poor growth in eight countries. It emphasises the role of regional inequality, price and policy reforms as well as political economy issues affecting pro-poor growth at the country level. It also analyzes the impact of agricultural, labour market policies, macroeconomics and natural resource policies.

Recenzje

'Empirical evidence shows that economic growth has a varying impact on poverty reduction. Poverty falls less with growth when the distribution of income worsens than when it remains unchanged or becomes more progressive. Understanding the distributional consequences of growth and how they are affected by poverty, as exemplified in this book, is therefore essential to the analysis of development.' - François Bourguignon, Vice-President and Chief Economist, The World Bank

'The detailed case studies in this excellent volume, from Africa, Asia and Latin America, will prove useful to researchers as they debate the best methods for analysing pro-poor growth and to policy-makers as they debate alternative policy packages to get pro-poor growth.' - Ravi Kanbur, T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, Cornell University

'Pro-poor growth lies at the heart of successful development strategies. By dissecting the distributional impact of alternative policies, this book provides an invaluable guide to understanding the key ingredients of a pro-poor growth programme.' - Anthony Shorrocks, Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University

'...the book is not only relevant to policy makers but is also of high academic interest and can be recommended as a textbook for students and a practical guide for pro-poor growth researchers and professionals.' - Tobias Knedlik, African Development Perspectives Yearbook

Spis treści

Findings and Challenges in the Measurement and Analysis of Pro-Poor Growth; M.Grimm & S.Klasen Introduction to Methods for Analyzing the Distributional Pattern of Growth; A.McKay PART 1: PRO-POOR GROWTH AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY Growth with Poverty Reduction, but Increased Spatial Inequality: Ghana over the 1990s; A.McKay & E.Aryeetey Pro-Poor Growth in Vietnam: Explaining the Spatial Differences; T.Bonschab & R.Klump PART 2: PRICE SHOCKS, POLICY REFORMS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY Turning Devaluation into Pro-poor Growth: Senegal 1994-2002; J-P.Azam Pro-poor Growth in Burkino Faso: The Role of Price Shocks; M.Grimm & I.Günther A Historical Perspective on Pro-poor Growth in Indonesia; C.P.Timmer PART 3: MODELING AND SIMULATING PRO-POOR GROWTH POLICIES Analyzing Pro-poor Growth in Bolivia: Addressing Data Gaps and Modeling Policy Choices; S.Klasen, M.Grosse, J.Lay, J.Spatz, R.Thiele & M.Wiebelt The Role of Agriculture in Pro-poor Growth: Lessons from Zambia; J.Thurlow & P.Wobst Romania in Transition: Growth, Jobs and Poverty; W.Paczynski, A.Radziwill, A.Sowa, I.Topinska & M.Walewski

O autorze

ERNEST ARYEETEY Professor of Economics, University of Ghana and Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana JEAN-PAUL AZAM Professor of Economics, University of Toulouse and Institut Universitaire de France, France THOMAS BONSCHAB Project Manager, German Technical Co-operation (GTZ), Germany MELANIE GROSSE Third-year PhD Student of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany ISABEL GÜNTHER Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany RAINER KLUMP Professor of Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany JANN LAY Research Associate, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany WOJCIECH PACZYNSKI Economist, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland ARTUR RADZIWILL Vice President, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland AGNIESZKA SOWA Researcher, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland JULIUS SPATZ Economic Advisor and Head, Pro-Poor Growth Team, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Germany RAINER THIELE Head, Research Area 'Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Development', Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany JAMES THURLOW Post-doctoral Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA C. PETER TIMMER Senior Fellow, Centre for Global Development, USA IRENA TOPINSKA Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warsaw, Poland MATEUSZ WALEWSKI Researcher, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland MANFRED WIEBELT Research Fellow, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany PETER WOBST Scientific Officer, Sustainability in Agriculture, Food and Heath Unit, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain