Poverty Reduction with Growth and Redistribution

Weeks, John; Dagdeviren, Hulya; van der Hoeven, Rolph

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.

Citation

Weeks, J., Dagdeviren, H., & van der Hoeven, R. (2002). Poverty Reduction with Growth and Redistribution. Development and Change, 33(3), 383-413. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7660.00260

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2002
• Deposit Date: Dec 9, 2007
• Journal: Development and Change
• Print ISSN: 0012-155X
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-7660
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 383-413
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7660.00260