Pro-poor growth development and income inequality: Poverty-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG 1) on banks of the Lower Mekong Basin in Cambodia

Serey Sok

World Development Perspectives, 2017, vol. 7-8, 1-8

Abstract: In this paper, I analyze the degree to which the Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG1) has alleviated poverty; pro-poor growth development-associated constraints; inequality of growth and income distribution in the LMB, Cambodia. The findings of the study reveal: that pro-poor growth development has proven ineffective; that growth and income distribution are unequal; and, that poverty is caused by unproductive agriculture with insufficiency of infrastructure, skills and markets. I argue that MDG 1 may not be achieved without future effort being made towards realizing even contribution between the agricultural and other sectors; enhancing economic development; and, increased investment in infrastructure and skill building.

Keywords: Pro-poor growth; Income inequality; Poverty reduction; MDG 1; Mekong River; Cambodia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2017.10.001

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