Social inclusion programmes and inclusive growth in developing countries
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Developing countries have made significant progress in economic growth performance in the past two decades, with an average real growth in gross domestic product (GDP) of 6.1 per cent over the period 2000–2010. While this growth has led to substantial reductions in poverty rates, there are concerns that it has not been inclusive, particularly in Africa and least developed countries (LDCs), in the sense that it has gone hand in hand with an increase in the absolute number of poor people as well as an increase in inequality. It has also not created enough jobs to absorb new entrants into the labour force.
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