Operationalizing Inclusive Growth : Per-Percentile Diagnostics to Inform Redistribution Policies /

Inclusive growth, narrowly defined in this paper as growth that helps reduce inequality, is achieved if consumption of the poor increases faster than consumption of the rich. The paper presents a simple accounting framework for a per-percentile consumption diagnostics that could inform redistributio...

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Main Author: Kireyev, Alexei
Other Authors: Leonidov, Andrei
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/050
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:Inclusive growth, narrowly defined in this paper as growth that helps reduce inequality, is achieved if consumption of the poor increases faster than consumption of the rich. The paper presents a simple accounting framework for a per-percentile consumption diagnostics that could inform redistribution policies. The proposed framework is illustrated in application to Iraq and Tunisia.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (25 pages)
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ISSN:1018-5941
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