Measuring pro-poor growth

被引：386
作者：
Ravallion, M [1 ]
Chen, SH [1 ]
机构：
[1] World Bank, Dev Res Grp MSN MC 3 306, Washington, DC 20433 USA
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2003年 / 78卷 / 01期
关键词：
economic growth; poverty measurement; China;
D O I：
10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00205-7
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We measure the rate of pro-poor growth by the mean growth rate of the poor, which equals the rate of change in the Watts index of poverty normalized by the headcount index. Examples are given using data for China during the 1990s. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：93 / 99
页数：7
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