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The Composition of Growth Matters For Poverty Alleviation / Loayza, Norman V.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Loayza, Norman V.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic Growth.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Household Income.
- Household Survey.
- Income.
- Income Distribution.
- Income Inequality.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Poor.
- Poor Countries.
- Poor Households.
- Poor Individuals.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty.
- Poverty Alleviation.
- Poverty Data.
- Poverty Index.
- Poverty Line.
- Poverty Measures.
- Poverty Reducing.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Poverty Reduction Strategies.
- Pro-Poor Growth.
- Rural.
- Rural Areas.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic Growth.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Household Income.
- Household Survey.
- Income.
- Income Distribution.
- Income Inequality.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Poor.
- Poor Countries.
- Poor Households.
- Poor Individuals.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty.
- Poverty Alleviation.
- Poverty Data.
- Poverty Index.
- Poverty Line.
- Poverty Measures.
- Poverty Reducing.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Poverty Reduction Strategies.
- Pro-Poor Growth.
- Rural.
- Rural Areas.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (38 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2006
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper contributes to explain the cross-country heterogeneity of the poverty response to changes in economic growth. It does so by focusing on the structure of output growth. The paper presents a two-sector theoretical model that clarifies the mechanism through which the sectoral composition of growth and associated labor intensity can affect workers' wages and, thus, poverty alleviation. Then it presents cross-country empirical evidence that analyzes first, the differential poverty-reducing impact of sectoral growth at various levels of disaggregation, and the role of unskilled labor intensity in such differential impact. The paper finds evidence that not only the size of economic growth but also its composition matters for poverty alleviation, with the largest contributions from labor-intensive sectors (such as agriculture, construction, and manufacturing). The results are robust to the influence of outliers, alternative explanations, and various poverty measures.
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