Growth is good for the poor

When average incomes rise, the average incomes of the poorest fifth of society rise proportionately. This holds across regions, periods, income levels, and growth rates. But relatively little is known about the broad forces that account for the variations across countries and across time in the shar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dollar, David
Corporate Author: World Bank Development Research Group
Other Authors: Kraay, Aart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Development Research Group, Macroeconomics and growth 2001
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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