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Pathways to poverty reduction
Author(s) -
Saleem Zahabia,
Donaldson John A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12167
Subject(s) - poverty , poverty reduction , industrialisation , development economics , economics , government (linguistics) , culture of poverty , scale (ratio) , welfare , state (computer science) , economic growth , basic needs , public economics , geography , market economy , linguistics , philosophy , cartography , algorithm , computer science
Of the myriad approaches to reducing poverty, which have proved effective on a national scale? This article analyses 15 systematically selected national cases of demonstrated rapid poverty reduction, seeking insights into effective approaches to reducing poverty. From these 15 economies, in which the bottom quintile experienced an annual increase in income of at least 6% over at least a decade, emerge four poverty‐reduction pathways: (1) industrialisation, (2) rural development, (3) social welfare and (4) petroleum‐generated employment. In addition to helping us understand what policy approaches have actually helped reduce poverty, this article has implications for the understanding of economic growth, the impact of pro‐growth policies, the relationship between state and market, and the roles of non‐government organisations ( NGO s) and civil society.