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Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences
Tim Besley
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Paperback. Policy makers who seek to reduce poverty should implement policies that enable their countries to achieve a higher rate of growth. This volume provides important lessons about what has and has not worked in these countries to increase the participation of poor households in growth. Editor(s): Besley, Timothy; Cord, Louise. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Policy makers who seek to reduce poverty should implement policies that enable their countries to achieve a higher rate of growth. Examining the relationship between growth and poverty reduction among eight countries in the 1990s and early 2000s, countries with rapid growth saw the most poverty reduction. In contrast, poverty levels rose in many developing countries where growth stagnated or was negative for this period. But growth is more effective in reducing poverty in some countries than in others. This volume provides important lessons about what has and has not worked in these countries to increase the participation of poor ... Read more
Policy makers who seek to reduce poverty should implement policies that enable their countries to achieve a higher rate of growth. Examining the relationship between growth and poverty reduction among eight countries in the 1990s and early 2000s, countries with rapid growth saw the most poverty reduction. In contrast, poverty levels rose in many developing countries where growth stagnated or was negative for this period. But growth is more effective in reducing poverty in some countries than in others. This volume provides important lessons about what has and has not worked in these countries to increase the participation of poor ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780821365151
SKU
V9780821365151
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99-3
About Tim Besley
ERNEST ARYEETEY Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Ghana LAWRENCE BATEGEKA Research Fellow, Economic Policy Research Center, Uganda ROBIN BURGESS Reader in Economics and Co-Director, Programme for the Study of Economic Organisation and Public Policy, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics ... Read more
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