Poverty and Economic Growth With Application to Côte d'IVOIRE

Kakwani, Nanak

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1993.tb00443.x

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“…The critical role played by income distribution in poverty reduction is spelt out in great detail in the seminal studies of Datt and Ravallion (1992) and Kakwani (1993), inter alia. However, these are countryspecific studies, and their results do not lend themselves to comparison with those of other countries.…”

Section: The Growth-inequality-poverty Nexus -A Brief Review Of the Lmentioning

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Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context

Fosu¹

2014

Oxford Development Studies

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The present study employs recent World Bank data to shed light, in a global context, on the transformation of changes in income and inequality into poverty reduction for a large number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study begins by discussing SSA's progress on poverty. Next, it presents data on how various African countries have fared in terms of the incidence of poverty relative to other countries, with special emphasis on the period since the mid-1990s, when SSA generally experienced a growth resurgence. The paper then decomposes performance on poverty into changes in income and inequality for a sample of SSA countries that have the requisite data. The paper finds that recent progress on poverty has been considerable, in contrast to the earlier, 1980-early 1990s, period. Compared with the progress in a global sample of countries, however, progress has been mixed: nonetheless, although African countries lag behind the BRIC group of countries as a whole, many of them have outperformed India. Furthermore, while income growth is found to be the main engine for poverty reduction in SSA in general, the role of inequality is crucial in certain countries. Viewed in a global context, the low levels of income have inhibited the effectiveness of income and inequality improvements in reducing poverty in many African countries.

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Section: The Growth-inequality-poverty Nexus -A Brief Review Of the Lmentioning

confidence: 99%

Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context

Fosu¹

2014

Oxford Development Studies

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“…Banyak ahli ekonomi seperti Kakwani (1993) dan Bourguignon (2004) berpendapat bahwa perubahan kemiskinan tidak hanya dipengaruhi oleh pertumbuhan ekonomi, tetapi juga distribusi pendapatan. Pendapat tersebut dituangkan dalam konsep pertumbuhan pro-poor (pro-poor growth) yang populer sejak satu dekade terakhir.…”

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Dampak Kapasitas Fiskal terhadap Penurunan Kemiskinan: Suatu Analisis Simulasi Kebijakan

Lisna

Sinaga²,

Firdaus³

et al. 2013

JEPI

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This study examines the impacts of fiscal capacity on the acceleration of poverty alleviation through a dynamic simultaneous equations model using empirical data of 23 provinces and conducting historical simulation. The increasing of fiscal capacity from local taxes and tax-revenue sharing have significant impact on poverty reduction, particularly in agricultural household, which has the largest share in number of poor in Indonesia indicated by larger decline of agricultural headcount index than industrial and trade headcount index. However, the increasing of General Allocator Fund/Dana Alokasi Umum (DAU ) has negative impact on agricultural headcount index. The policy implication is to increase revenue from taxation by local governments as the impact is more effective in accelerating poverty reduction. Keywords: Fiscal Capacity, Poverty Reduction, Policy Simulation AbstrakStudi ini menganalisis dampak kapasitas fiskal dalam mempercepat pengentasan kemiskinan di Indonesia melalui jalur pertumbuhan pro-poor melalui model persamaan simultan dinamis atas data empiris 23 provinsi dan simulasi historis. Peningkatan kapasitas fiskal dari pajak daerah dan bagi hasil pajak berdampak paling besar dalam menurunkan kemiskinan terutama di rumah tangga pertanian yang mendominasi jumlah penduduk miskin di Indonesia di mana headcount index pertanian turun lebih besar dibandingkan headcount index industri dan perdagangan. Sebaliknya, peningkatan Dana Alokasi Umum (DAU) berdampak negatif pada kemiskinan pertanian. Implikasinya adalah pemerintah daerah perlu meningkatkan penerimaan dari perpajakan karena dampaknya lebih efektif mempercepat pengentasan kemiskinan.

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“…Poverty, on the other hand, has grown fastest in countries that have stagnated economically. Corroborating this thought, Kakwani (1993) finds poverty to be highly sensitive to economic growth in Cote d'Ivoire and, is expected to decrease faster than the economic growth rate provided the growth process does not lead to an increase in income inequality. However, according to the study, if inequality deteriorates during the course of a country's economic growth, poverty may even increase with economic growth, because poverty measures were found to be considerably more elastic for changes in inequality.…”

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“…Income inequality matters greatly as it may slow down overall economic growth (Alesina & Rodrik, 1994;Persson & Tabellini, 1994;Alesina & Perotti, 1996) and slow down the pace at which growth translates into poverty reduction (Kakwani, 1993;Bourguignon, 2004). A situation of high and rising inequality in the presence of increasing growth can only result into little or no reduction in the level of poverty (see Addison & Cornia, 2001).…”

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Poverty, Inequality and Rising Growth in Nigeria: Further Empirical Evidence

Kolawole¹,

Omobitan²,

Yaqub³

2015

IJEF

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This study examines the relationship among poverty, inequality and economic growth in Nigeria by employing macroeconomic variables which include GDP growth rate, per capita income, literacy rate, government expenditure on education, and government expenditure on health. Time series data over the period from 1980 to 2012 were fitted into the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression equations using various econometric techniques such as Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) unit root test, Phillips-Perron unit root test, Johansen co-integration test, and Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) technique. The OLS results reveal that GDP growth rate increases inequality, but reduces poverty in the country. It is thus suggested that, aside boosting the GDP, an increased effective government spending on education and public health facilities, as well as programmes that are meant primarily for the non-privileged like children, women and the poor in general, be provided for poverty and inequality to reduce in the country.

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Poverty and Economic Growth With Application to Côte d'IVOIRE

Cited by 316 publications

References 14 publications

Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context

Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context

Dampak Kapasitas Fiskal terhadap Penurunan Kemiskinan: Suatu Analisis Simulasi Kebijakan

Poverty, Inequality and Rising Growth in Nigeria: Further Empirical Evidence

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