Economic growth and poverty reduction in Colombia / Adriana Rocío Cardozo Silva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cardozo Silva, Adriana Rocío.

Series:

Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ; 29.

Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik = Göttingen studies in development economics, 1439-3395 ; Bd. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Colombia.

Poverty.

Economic development--Colombia.

Economic development.

Economic indicators--Colombia.

Economic indicators.

Social indicators--Colombia.

Social indicators.

Colombia--Economic conditions--1970-.

Colombia.

Colombia--Economic conditions--1970---Regional disparities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyses the distributional effects of economic growth on different dimensions of poverty in Colombia. It provides a microeconomic perspective on how economic growth affected poverty and inequality at the household level, as well as a macroeconomic perspective on the effects of growth on regional living standards. The study incorporates recent discussions on multidimensional analysis of well-being and goes beyond traditional income based measures, thereby contributing to the ongoing research on how to measure pro-poor growth and on the importance of incorporating different dimensions of well-being in convergence analysis.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures xv; List of Tables xxi; List of Abbreviations xxiii; Introduction and Overview 1; 1 Pro Poor Growth Using Income indicators 9; 1.1 Introduction 9; 1.2 Concepts and Measurement 11; 1.2.1 Growth Incidence Curves and Rate of Pro-Poor Growth 13; 1.2.2 Pro-Poor Growth Index and Poverty Equivalent Growth Rate 14; 1.2.3 Applications to Colombia 15; 1.3 Data Sources and Constraints 17; 1.4 Economic Background in Colombia 18; 1.4.1 Economic Growth and Production Structure 18; 1.4.2 Poverty and Inequality 21; 1.5 Growth Incidence Curves 23

1.5.1 GIC in the Rural vs. Urban Divide 231.5.2 Regions 25; 1.6 Conclusions 26; 1.7 Tables 29; 1.8 Figures 33; 2 Pro Poor Growth Using Non-Income indicators 45; 2.1 Introduction 45; 2.2 Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Concept and Measurement Issues 47; 2.2.1 Concept and Use 47; 2.2.2 Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics: Pro-Poor Growth 49; 2.3 Application to Colombia 52; 2.3.1 Macroeconomic Issues and their Expected Relation to Multidimensional Poverty 52; 2.3.2 Non-Income Indicators 55; 2.3.3 Data 59; 2.4 Results 60; 2.4.1 Inequality and Distribution by Deciles 60

2.4.2 Pro-Poor Growth Analysis 622.4.3 Discussion and Possible Limitations 66; 2.5 Conclusion 69; 2.6 Tables 71; 2.7 Figures 80; 3 Revisiting the Regional Growth Convergence Debate in Colombia 89; 3.1 Introduction 89; 3.2 Motivation and Background 92; 3.2.1 Economic Background 92; 3.2.2 Data Issues Affecting Convergence Results in Colombia 96; 3.3 The Solow Model and Its Estimation 98; 3.3.1 The Solow Model 98; 3.3.2 Absolute Beta-Convergence 100; 3.3.3 Conditional Convergence 100; 3.3.4 Parameter Heterogeneity: Are There Different Steady States? 101; 3.3.5 Sigma-Convergence 103

3.4 Distributional Approach: Quah's Critique 1033.5 Empirical Estimation and Results 105; 3.5.1 Sigma-Convergence 105; 3.5.2 Absolute Beta-Convergence 105; 3.5.3 Conditional Beta-Convergence Using Control Variables 106; 3.5.4 Beta-Convergence Using Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data 106; 3.5.5 Kernel Density Estimators 111; 3.6 Conclusions 112; 3.7 Tables 116; 3.8 Figures 129; 4 Regional Convergence in Social Indicators 143; 4.1 Introduction 143; 4.2 Motivation 145; 4.3 Methods for Measuring Convergence 148; 4.4 Data and Empirical Estimation 149; 4.4.1 Data 149; 4.4.2 Empirical estimation 151

4.5 Results 1534.5.1 Literacy Rate 153; 4.5.2 Infant Survival Rate 154; 4.5.3 Life Expectancy at Birth 155; 4.5.4 Nourishment 156; 4.6 Conclusions 156; 4.7 Tables 160; 4.8 Figures 167; Bibliography 183

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Göttingen, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-299-41338-2

3-653-00274-5

OCLC:

818872636

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access