Poverty Reduction and Growth - Virtuous and Vicious Circles (Paperback)

That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for pro-poor growth. What is less well explored is the reverse channel: that poverty may, in fact, be part of the reason for a country's poor growth performance. This more elaborated view of the development process opens the door to the existence of vicious circles in which low growth results in high poverty and high poverty in turn results in low growth. 'Poverty Reduction and Growth' is about the existence of these vicious circles in Latin America and the Caribbean about the ways and means to convert them into virtuous circles in which poverty reduction and high growth reinforce each other. Through its analysis of fresh data and the attention it pays to issues such as the persistent inequality in the region, the role played by various microdeterminants of income, and the potential existence of human capital underinvestment traps, this title should be a valuable contribution to the current regional debate on poverty and growth, a debate that is critical to the design of policies conducive to enhancing welfare in all is dimensions among the poor of Latin America and the Caribbean.

General

Imprint:	World Bank Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2006
First published:	February 2006
Authors:	Guillermo E. Perry • Luis Serven • William F. Maloney
Dimensions:	278 x 212 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-0-8213-6511-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > General
LSN:	0-8213-6511-8
Barcode:	9780821365113

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