Open AccessAssessment of the Impact of Pro-Poor Growth on Poverty in Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Ilhem Zorgui,
Houda Ayed,
Saïd Jaouadi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
business and economic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-4860
DOI - 10.5296/ber.v6i2.9484
Subject(s) - poverty , developing country , economics , empirical research , agriculture , redistribution (election) , panel data , public economics , development economics , economic growth , econometrics , political science , geography , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , politics , law
The paper aims at determining the impact of pro-poor growth on poverty in developing countries. The abundant literature regarding the issue of beneficial effects of the raise of national wealth on poor classes provided conflicted findings. In the addition of the theoretical review regarding the surveys attempting to find out the role of growth on poverty, the present paper relies on providing a new framework of analysis to find out the real impact of economic growth on the living conditions of the poor. The empirical analysis stands for the conduct of an empirical research made up of an econometric model applied on a panel of some developing countries.The empirical research revealed that growth could have a harmful impact on poverty in developing countries. The last finding remains limited because the coefficient is not statistically significant. The illustration of the outcome focuses on the lack of data about ineffective income redistribution, or regarding the contribution of some specific economic field as agriculture.