Dynamic and Long-term Linkages among Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries

Katsushi Imai, Wenya Cheng and Raghav Gaiha
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Wenya Cheng: School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Raghav Gaiha: Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India and Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University Boston, USA

No DP2016-27, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: Drawing upon cross-country panel data for developing countries, the present study examines the role of agricultural growth in reducing inequality and poverty by modelling the dynamic linkage between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. For this purpose, we have compared the role of agricultural growth and that of non-agricultural growth and have found that agricultural growth is more important in reducing poverty, while the negative effect of agricultural growth on inequality is found in a few models where specific definitions of inequality are adopted. Our analysis generally reinforces the case for revival of agriculture in the post-2015 discourse, contrary to the much emphasised roles of rural-urban migration and urbanisation as main drivers of growth and elimination of extreme poverty.

Keywords: Inequality; Poverty; Growth; Agriculture; Non-agriculture; MDG; SDG (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C20 I15 I39 O13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2016-08
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