Pro-Poor Growth and the Poorest

Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09

72 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2011

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Ursula Grant

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Date Written: March 1, 2005

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship of the poorest with growth (absolute sense), and whether or not the relationship the very poorest people have with growth is different from that for the poor as a whole (relative). Impacts of economic growth on the poorest are routed through direct channels (raising their production or income levels) and indirect channels (due to increased public spending or remittances). However, benefits are not guaranteed to all people, and in some cases the impact of growth on the poorest may be adverse. The paper begins the process of assembling data on this relationship and unpacking some explanation for patterns.

Suggested Citation

Grant, Ursula, Pro-Poor Growth and the Poorest (March 1, 2005). Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1755001 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1755001

Ursula Grant (Contact Author)

Overseas Development Institute (ODI) ( email )

111 Westminister Bridge Rd.
London, SE17JD
United Kingdom

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