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Weeks, John, Dagdeviren, Hulya and van der Hoeven, Rolph (2002) 'Poverty Reduction with Growth and Redistribution.' Development and Change, 33 (3). pp. 383-413.

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Abstract

In the late 1990s the bilateral and multilateral development agencies placed increasing emphasis on poverty reduction in developing countries. This led to the establishment by the United Nations of the ‘International Development Targets’ for poverty reduction. The target of poverty reduction might be achieved through faster economic growth alone, through redistribution, or through a combination of the two. This article presents an analytical framework to assess the effectiveness of growth and redistribution for poverty reduction. It concludes that redistribution, either of current income or the growth increment of income, is more effective in reducing poverty for a majority of countries than growth alone.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > Department of Development Studies
ISSN: 14677660
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7660.00260
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2007 13:35
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/2549

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