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Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research

By Paul Cashin, Catherine A Pattillo, Ratna Sahay, Paolo Mauro

September 1, 2001

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Paul Cashin, Catherine A Pattillo, Ratna Sahay, and Paolo Mauro. Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed September 18, 2024
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Summary

This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction. Using the Human Development Index as a measure of well-being, the progress made by 100 countries during 1975–98 is presented, and its association with macroeconomic factors is explored. Several potential avenues for future research are also outlined.

Subject: Income distribution, Income inequality, National accounts, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy

Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Country, Country case studies, Growth-poverty nexus, Growth-poverty relationship, Have country, IMF, Income, Income distribution, Income inequality, Low-HDI country, Macroeconomic policies, Macroeconomic policy, Middle East, Per capita income, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Poverty-reducing adjustment strategy, Poverty-reducing effect, South Asia, UNDP's Human Development Index, Western Hemisphere, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    29

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2001/135

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1352001

  • ISBN:

    9781451855708

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941