
Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth
Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences
World Bank Publications (Publisher)
Published on 30. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-8213-6515-1 (ISBN)
Description
Examining the relationship between growth and poverty reduction among eight countries in the 1990s and early 2000s, this volume provides important lessons about what has and has not worked in these countries to increase the participation of poor households in growth.
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Edition
2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8213-6515-1 (9780821365151)
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Timothy Besley | Louise Cord
Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth
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10/2006
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Persons
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 and Political Science, UK
BERTA ESTEVE-VOLART PhD Student, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
RAINER KLUMP Chair of Economic Development and Integration, University of Frankfurt, Germany
MOHAMED HÉDI LAHOUEL Professor of Economics, Faculté de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia
ANDY MCKAY Professor of Economics and International Development, University of Bath, UK
NAÉRCIO MENEZES-FILHO University of São Paulo, Brazil
FRED MUHUMUZA Research Fellow, Economic Policy Research Center, Uganda
MUSTAFA K. MUJERI Visiting Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Bangladesh
JOHN A. OKIDI Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Center, Uganda
BINAYAK SEN Senior Economist, South Asia Sector, PREM, World Bank, USA
QUAZI SHAHABUDDIN Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Bangladesh
SARAH SSEWANYANA Senior Research Fellow, Economic Policy Research Center, Uganda
C. PETER TIMMER Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global Development, USA
LÍGIA VASCONCELLOS University of São Paulo, Brazil
Content
Overview; L.Cord How Indonesia Connected the Poor to Rapid Economic Growth; C.P.Timmer The Policy Origins of Poverty and Growth in India; T.Besley, R.Burgess & B.Esteve-Volart Explaining Pro-Poor Growth in Bangladesh: Puzzles, Evidence, and Implications; B.Sen, M.K.Mujeri & Q.Shahabuddin Pro-poor Growth in Vietnam: Miracle or Model? R.Klump Ghana: The Challenge of Translating Sustained Growth in Poverty Reduction; E.Aryeetey & A.McKay Uganda's Experience with 'Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth', 1992 to 2003; J.A.Okidi, S.Ssewanyana, L.Bategeka & F.Muhumuza The Success of Pro-Poor Growth in Rural and Urban Tunisia; M.H.Lahouel Human Capital, Inequality and Pro-Poor Growth in Brazil; N.Menezes-Filho & L.Vasconcellos