Macroeconomic Performance and Poverty Reduction /

This paper investigates the link between macroeconomic performance and the change in the poverty rate among 47 episodes of growth and 52 episodes of economic downturn in developing and transition economies. We show that, on average, (i) the greater the inequality, the lower the elasticity of poverty...

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Autor principal: Epaulard, Anne
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/072
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF