Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
11-2008
Abstract
Economic growth and liberal economic policies often help the poor, but what about the numerous cases in which they do not? This article analyzes two types of cases: those in which income growth of the poor was significantly lower than expectations (negative exceptions) and those in which income growth of the poor significantly exceeded expectations (positive exceptions). Insights from these cases inform our theoretical understanding of poverty reduction. In addition, this article contributes a typology of strategies used in these cases, including alternative pathways to economic growth and neoliberal prescriptions for poverty reduction.
Keywords
economic growth, poverty reduction, liberalization
Discipline
Growth and Development | Inequality and Stratification
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
World Development
Volume
36
Issue
11
First Page
2127
Last Page
2143
ISSN
0305-750X
Identifier
10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.020
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
DONALDSON, John A..(2008). Growth Is Good for Whom, When, How? Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Exceptional Cases. World Development, 36(11), 2127-2143.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/560
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.020