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- Title
Structural Change, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia: Pathways to Inclusive Development.
- Authors
Cook, Sarah
- Abstract
Growth alone does not guarantee sustained poverty reduction, and it may also create threats to social cohesion that in turn can undermine growth. While development thinking remains dominated by a ‘growth-first’ paradigm, Asian experience helps to moderate this view, illustrating the important role of government policy in creating pro-poor growth, providing public goods and social protection mechanisms, and creating the institutional conditions for more inclusive and equitable development. This article examines the structural transformations which accompany growth, and their implications for appropriate policies to progress towards the MDGs.
- Subjects
ASIA; POVERTY; ECONOMIC development; WELFARE economics; PUBLIC finance
- Publication
Development Policy Review, 2006, Vol 24, ps51
- ISSN
0950-6764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-7679.2006.00341.x