01952cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013690 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475531169 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Balakrishnan, Ravi. The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth : Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Asia / Ravi Balakrishnan, Chad Steinberg, Murtaza Syed. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (36 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 This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia's recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia's own past, the recent period of growth has been both less inclusive and less pro-poor. Our analysis suggests a number of policies that could help redress these trends and broaden the benefits of growth in Asia. These include fiscal policies to increase spending on health, education, and social safetynets; labor market reforms to boost the labor share of total income; and reforms to make financial systems more inclusive. Mode of access: Internet Steinberg, Chad. Syed, Murtaza. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/152 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2013/152/001.2013.issue-152-en.xml IMF e-Library