This paper analyzes how the employment/productivity profile of growth and its sectoral pattern are correlated with poverty reduction. The authors use a sample of 104 short-run growth spells in developing countries, between 1980 and 2001. They also identify some conditions of the labor market and the economic environment that are associated with employment-intensive growth or specific sectoral growth. The results show that, in the short run, although...
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2007/12/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS4432
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Does employment generation really matter for poverty reduction ?
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impacts of growth on poverty