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Understanding growth and poverty : theory, policy, and empirics

Griffith, Breda, Nallari, Raj

2011

Overview

This volume is an introduction to the theories and policies that affect economic growth and poverty. It is a compilation of lecture notes used in face-to-face and e-learning courses presented by the World Bank Institute's (WBI) Poverty Program during 2004-08. The volume is divided into three parts. Part one discusses basic concepts and measurement issues pertaining to poverty, national income, and economic growth. Part two deals with the macroeconomic policies that are critical for economic growth in the short term. It covers government enforced fiscal and exchange-rate policies and the roles of financial institutions, development assistance (or aid), debt relief, and trade policies. Part three covers the structural and sectoral policies that affect longer-term economic growth and poverty reduction. To underscore the impact of good governance and effective service delivery in growth and poverty reduction, separate chapters are devoted to institutional and technological development, education, health, labor, and land. The volume ends with a chapter that summarizes knowledge of growth theory, reviews the process of growth in 13 successful countries, and draws out implications for other developing countries. The authors hope that this chapter may be of help to policy makers in identifying the constraints to economic growth and development that may be unique to each country.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO LOANS / ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE / ADULT MORTALITY / ADULT POPULATION / AGED / AGGREGATE POVERTY / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE / AIDS EPIDEMIC / Armut / AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME / BANK OFFICE / BASIC NEEDS / BENEFITS OF MIGRATION / BUSINESS OWNERSHIP / CAPITAL INVESTMENT / CARIBBEAN REGION / CASH EXPENDITURES / CHRONIC ILLNESS / CITIZENS / CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE / CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE / CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA / CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING / COPING STRATEGY / COUNTERFACTUAL / COUNTRY OF DESTINATION / CULTURAL BARRIERS / DECLINE IN POVERTY / DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS / DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT BANK / Development economics / DISSEMINATION / DIVORCE / DOMESTIC LABOR / DROUGHT / EARNINGS / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES / Economic policy / ECONOMIC SHOCKS / EDUCATION LEVEL / EDUCATION LEVELS / EMPLOYER / EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES / Entwicklungstheorie / EXCLUSION / EXPATRIATES / EXPLOITATION / EXPORT MARKETS / FAMILIES / FAMILY MEMBERS / FERTILITY / FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS / FINANCIAL COST / FOOD CONSUMPTION / FOOD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA / FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT / FULL POTENTIAL OF MIGRATION / GENDER / GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT / GOVERNMENT POLICIES / GOVERNMENT POLICY / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / Growth theory / HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD / HIV / HOUSEHOLD ASSETS / HOUSEHOLD BUDGET / HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION / HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES ON FOOD / HOUSEHOLD HEAD / HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLD LEVEL / HOUSEHOLD NUMBER / HOUSEHOLD SIZE / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSEHOLD WELFARE / HOUSING / HUMAN CAPITAL / HUSBAND / HUSBANDS / ILLNESS / IMMIGRATION / IMMIGRATION POLICIES / IMPACT OF MIGRATION / IMPERFECT INFORMATION / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INCOME DYNAMICS / INCOME GAINS / INCOME GROUPS / INCOME GROWTH / INCOME INEQUALITY / INHERITANCE / INSURANCE / INTEREST RATES / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT / INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS / INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION / INTERVENTION / ISOLATION / JOB OPPORTUNITIES / KINSHIP / KINSHIP NETWORKS / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES / LABOR MARKETS / LABOR MOBILITY / LACK OF CREDIT / LACK OF FINANCE / LACK OF INFORMATION / LAND HOLDINGS / LAND VALUE / LEGAL STATUS / LIMITED ACCESS / LIVING STANDARDS / LOAN / LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES / MALARIA / MARKET FAILURES / MARKETING / MEDICAL TREATMENT / MIGRANT / MIGRANT WORKERS / MIGRANTS / MIGRATION / MIGRATION PROCESS / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINISTRY OF HEALTH / MONEYLENDERS / MOTHER / MOUNTAIN REGION / NATIONAL BORDERS / NATURAL DISASTERS / Nonfiction / PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION / PERMANENT MIGRATION STATUS / PHYSICAL CAPITAL / POLICY IMPLICATIONS / POLICY MAKERS / POLICY RESEARCH / POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER / POLITICAL ECONOMY / POLITICAL INSTABILITY / Politics / POOR / POOR HOUSEHOLDS / POOR INDIVIDUALS / POOR PEOPLE / POOR RURAL REGIONS / POORER HOUSEHOLDS / POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT / POPULATION GROWTH / Poverty / POVERTY DATA / POVERTY DYNAMICS / POVERTY IMPACT / POVERTY INDICATORS / POVERTY LEVELS / POVERTY LINE / POVERTY LINKAGES / POVERTY RATE / POVERTY RATES / POVERTY REDUCTION / PRACTITIONERS / PRODUCTION PROCESS / PROGRESS / PUBLIC POLICY / PULL FACTORS / PURCHASING POWER / PURCHASING POWER PARITY / PUSH FACTORS / QUALITATIVE DATA / REDUCTION IN POVERTY / REGIONAL CAPITAL / REGIONAL LABOR / REGIONAL LABOR MARKETS / REGIONAL OFFICE / REMITTANCE / REMITTANCES / REMOTE AREAS / REMOTE LOCATIONS / RESOURCE ALLOCATION / RESPECT / RETURN MIGRATION / RISK SHARING / RURAL / RURAL AREA / RURAL AREAS / RURAL MIGRATION / RURAL REGIONS / RURAL VILLAGES / SAVINGS / SCHOOLING / SEX / SIBLINGS / SOCIAL NETWORKS / SOCIAL NORMS / SOCIAL POLICY / SOCIAL PROTECTION / SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS / SOURCE OF INCOME / SOURCE OF OPPORTUNITIES / SPILLOVER / SPOUSE / TEENS / TEMPORARY MIGRANTS / TEMPORARY MIGRATION / TRADITIONAL VALUES / UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION / UNEMPLOYMENT / URBAN AREAS / URBAN CENTER / URBAN MIGRATION / URBANIZATION / USE PER CAPITA / VILLAGE / VIOLENCE / Wirtschaftspolitik / Wirtschaftswachstum / YOUNG ADULTS
• ISBN: 0821369539, 9780821369531