easuring pro - poor growth
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We measure the rate of pro-poor growth by the mean growth rate of the poor, which equals the rate of change in the Watts index of poverty normalized by the headcount index. Examples are given using data for China during the 1990s. 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002