Measuring pro-poor growth. (Q1853718)
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Measuring pro-poor growth. (English)
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22 January 2003
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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.
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Economic growth
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Poverty measurement
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China
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