Citation:
Rodrik, Dani. 2000. “Growth and Poverty Reduction: What Are the Real Questions?”. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/y6gfq3y6
Abstract:
Should governments pursue economic growth first and foremost, or should they focus on poverty reduction? The recent debate on these questions has generated more heat than light, because it has become embroiled in a wider, political debate on globalization and the role of World Bank/IMF conditionality. As an empirical matter, it is clear that growth and poverty reduction go largely hand in hand. The real questions in this debate should be: What are the policies that yield these rewards, and would a poverty focus facilitate their adoption?