What is Pro-poor Growth?

Nanak Kakwani and Ernesto M. Pernia

Asian Development Review (ADR), 2000, vol. 18, issue 01, 1-16

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2000
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