Front Matter Page
IMF Institute
Authorized for distribution by Roland Daumont
Contents
I. Introduction
A. Main Empirical Results Available in the Literature
B. The Methodology
II. Some Basic Facts on Growth and Poverty Reduction
A. The Data
B. Some Preliminary Econometric Estimations of the Growth/Poverty Relationship
III. Level of Development, Income Distribution, and the Elasticity of the Poverty Rate to Growth
A. Some Basic Arithmetic on Growth, Poverty, and Income Distribution
B. An Econometric Experiment
C. Growth and Poverty Reduction: Is There a Trade-Off?
IV. Looking for Pro-Poor Macroeconomic Policies
A. Human Development Indicators, Corruption, and the Elasticity of Poverty to Growth
B. Is Inflation More Harmful for the Poor?
C. Openness to Trade, Trade Liberalization, Terms of Trade Shocks, and the Link Between Growth and Poverty Reduction
V. Conclusion
References
Tables
1. Sample Data
2. Sample Data: Variable Definitions and Sources
3. Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
4. Mean of Actual and Neutral Elasticities of the Poverty Rate to Growth
5. Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty Reduction
6. Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty Reduction: Additional Results
7. Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty Reduction: Robustness Tests
8. Growth and Poverty Reduction: Is There a Trade-off?
9. Human Development Indicators, Corruption, and the Growth/Poverty-Reduction Relationship
10. Inflation, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
11. Trade Openness, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
12. Trade Openness, Growth, and Poverty Reduction: Robustness Tests
Figures
1. Change in the Poverty Rate and Growth
2. Apparent Elasticities of Poverty Rate to Growth
3. Distribution of Actual and Neutral Elasticities of Poverty Rate to Growth
4. Mean Income, Income Distribution, and the Elasticity of Poverty to Growth