Pro-poor growth is considered central for achieving sustainable poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals. This volume analyzes determinants of pro-poor growth in eight countries. It employs advanced methods and tools for pro-poor growth research, including ex post analytical tools as well as ex ante simulation methods, highlighting the strengths and limits of this methodological toolbox. The book places particular emphasis on the role of regional inequality, price and policy reforms as well as political economy issues affecting pro-poor growth at the country level. It also analyzes the impact of agricultural, labour market policies, macroeconomics and natural resource policies.
Findings and Challenges in the Measurement and Analysis of Pro-Poor Growth; M.Grimm & S.Klasen
Introduction to Methods for Analyzing the Distributional Pattern of Growth; A.McKay
PART 1: PRO-POOR GROWTH AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY
Growth with Poverty Reduction, but Increased Spatial Inequality: Ghana over the 1990s; A.McKay & E.Aryeetey
Pro-Poor Growth in Vietnam: Explaining the Spatial Differences; T.Bonschab & R.Klump
PART 2: PRICE SHOCKS, POLICY REFORMS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
Turning Devaluation into Pro-poor Growth: Senegal 1994-2002; J-P.Azam
Pro-poor Growth in Burkino Faso: The Role of Price Shocks; M.Grimm & I.Günther
A Historical Perspective on Pro-poor Growth in Indonesia; C.P.Timmer
PART 3: MODELING AND SIMULATING PRO-POOR GROWTH POLICIES
Analyzing Pro-poor Growth in Bolivia: Addressing Data Gaps and Modeling Policy Choices; S.Klasen, M.Grosse, J.Lay, J.Spatz, R.Thiele & M.Wiebelt
The Role of Agriculture in Pro-poor Growth: Lessons from Zambia; J.Thurlow & P.Wobst
Romania in Transition: Growth, Jobs and Poverty; W.Paczynski, A.Radziwill, A.Sowa, I.Topinska & M.Walewski
