Can high-inequality developing countries escape absolute poverty? (English)

Do the poor face the same prospects for escaping poverty in high-inequality developing countries as in low-inequality countries? Is it possible for inequality to be so great as to stifle prospects of reducing absolute poverty, even when other initial conditions and policies are favorable to growth? Household survey data for developing countries suggest that initial distribution does affect how much the poor share in rising average incomes. Higher...

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Ravallion,Martin;
Document Date
1997/06/30
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS1775
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Can high-inequality developing countries escape absolute poverty?
Keywords
rate of poverty reduction

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Ravallion,Martin.

Can high-inequality developing countries escape absolute poverty? (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1775 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/775351468741369273

Can high-inequality developing countries escape absolute poverty? (English)

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