Pro-Poor Growth : Policy and Evidence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bourdon, Jean, author.

Verein für Socialpolitik. Ausschuss Entwicklungsländer. Jahrestagung (2005 : Kiel Institute of World Economics)

Contributor:

Menkhoff, Lukas, editor.

Series:

Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften ; Neue Folge, Band 314.

Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften ; Neue Folge, Band 314

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Congresses.

Economic development.

Poverty--Congresses.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, [2006]

Summary:

The embarrassing living conditions of more than one billion poor people in developing countries in combination with the increasing gap of living standards between the poor and the rich, has provided a strong motivation for development policy to change this situation. From its beginning, policy has aimed for stimulating economic growth in order to improve living conditions for everyone. The endurance of poverty, however, has motivated to extend the traditional »growth is good for the poor« by a more targeted policy that combines growth with a particular emphasis on improving the situation of the poor. This is exactly the objective of »pro-poor growth«, a term that became popular during the late 1990s and which seemed to dominate the stage with the propagation of the Millennium Development Goals, including its goal to halve poverty by 2015.This volume contains six papers that address various core issues of pro-poor growth policies. These papers were presented at the annual meeting of the Research Committee Development Economics (Ausschuss Entwicklungsländer des Vereins für Socialpolitik) in 2005. Papers were lively discussed at the meeting and later on improved by comments from anonymous referees.All authors have done extensive research in the field of pro-poor growth, including field studies. Accordingly, their contributions - reflecting this knowledge and proficiency - pick up recent developments in the field. The discussion of most appropriate pro-poor growth policies is an ongoing process which has been documented by a growing literature. The value added of the present volume is obviously not to be more comprehensive than others but rather to continue the line of work by bringing some recent research findings - with a focus on policy relevance and empirical substantiation - to a broader audience.

Contents:

Intro

Lukas Menkhoff: Foreword

References

Contents

Rainer Klump and César A. Miralies Cabrera: Pro-poor Growth: Theory, Measurement, and Policy Implications

Abstract

A. Introduction

B. How to explain why and when growth becomes pro-poor?

C. How to define and measure pro-poor growth?

I. Definition: Relative versus absolute concepts of pro-poor growth

II. Measurement: Rate of pro-poor growth versus poverty equivalent growth rate

D. How to support pro-poor growth by adequate policies?

I. Pro-growth policies: Factor related, sector related and area related policies

II. Pro-poor policies: Safety Nets and targeted interventions

III. Macro policies and institutions

IV. Country experiences

E. How to prioritize pro-poor growth policies?

F. Summary and conclusions

Appendix: Assumptions for the simulation of pro-poor growth scenarios

Michael Grimm: Integrating Issues of Income Mobility in the Analysis of Pro-poor Growth

B. Mobility and the measurement of pro-poor growth

I. The measurement of pro-poor growth

II. Integrating mobility in measurements of pro-poor growth

III. Decomposition of poverty changes into income growth, up-ward and down-ward mobility

IV. An assessment of pro-poor growth for Indonesia and Peru with and without integrating mobility

1. Data

2. Results

3. Robustness to measurement error

C. How to account for mobility when longitudinal data is unavailable?

I. Mobility analysis using micro-simulation methods

II. Two illustrative examples

D. Conclusion

Stefan Klonner: Estimating Pro-poor Indices from Time Series Data: Concepts and an Application to Rural India

B. Methodology

I. Distribution-neutral elasticity and the pro-poor index.

II. A regression framework for the measurement of PPG

C. Data

D. Estimation and results

The dynamic properties of the series

Estimation of pro-poor indices

E. Conclusion

Jann Lay and Manfred Wiebelt: Policy Options for Achieving Pro-poor Growth in Bolivia

B. Modeling framework

I. Structural vs. reduced-form models

II. Desired model structure

III. Key features of the Bolivia model

C. Simulation results

I. Business as usual

II. Macro policies

III. Structural reforms

IV. Gas projects

V. Targeted interventions in favor of the poor

VI. Trade-offs and complementarities between growth and poverty alleviation

D. Concluding remarks

Jean Bourdon, Markus Frölich and Katharina Michaelowa: Broadening Access to Primary Education: Contract Teacher Programs and their Impact on Education Outcomes in Africa

B. The relevance of contract teacher programs and their development over time

C. The PASEC data set for Niger and selected characteristics of contract teachers, their students and schools

D. Evaluating the effect of the contract teacher program on the basis of propensity score matching

I. Ensuring common support

II. Determining relevant control variables and estimation of the propensity score

III. Matching results for the effect of the contract teacher statute

E. Experiences from other countries and conclusions

Annex

Stephan Klasen: Pro-poor Growth and Gender Inequality

B. Gender inequality and income-based pro-poor growth measures: methodological problems

C. Gender inequality and pro-poor growth: insights from the literature

D. Gender and pro-poor growth in the OPPG case study countries

E. Conclusions and policy issues

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-428-52361-X

OCLC:

1108527143