01919cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008583 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451846676 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kraay, Aart. When is Growth Pro-Poor? : Cross-Country Evidence / Aart Kraay. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (35 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of developing countries into these components. In the medium run, most of the variation in changes in poverty is due to growth, suggesting that policies and institutions that promote broad-based growth should be central to pro-poor growth. Most of the remainder is due to poverty-reducing patterns of growth in relative incomes, rather than differences in the sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes. Cross-country evidence provides little guidance on policies and institutions that promote these other sources of pro-poor growth. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/047 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2004/047/001.2004.issue-047-en.xml IMF e-Library