
Is Growth Enough? Macroeconomic Policy and Poverty Reduction »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2002/118
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Carlos Leite , Charalambos Tsangarides , and Dhaneshwar Ghura
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451854091.001
ISBN: 9781451854091
Keywords: Macroeconomic Policy, Bayesian Analysis, probability, logarithm, equation, correlation, Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Models with Panel Data, Measurement and Analysis of Poverty, Comparative Studies of Countries,
The paper investigates the existence of "super pro-poor" policies-that is, policies that directly influence the income of the poor after accounting for the effect of growth. It uses a dynamic panel estimator to cap...