Growth that is shared—so-called inclusive growth—is now widely embraced as the central economic goal for developing countries. But inclusive growth can mean different things to different people. In this essay inclusive growth is defined as growth that builds a middle class. Macroeconomic policies can shape the environment and incentives for inclusive growth by working toward three important goa...

The transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals has substantially shifted the policy debate from development to inclusive development. Using interactive quantile regressions, we examine the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (quality of growth, inequality and poverty) among individuals in 93 developing countries for the year 2011. Mob...

The fourth Global Forum on Human Resources (HRH) for Health was held in Ireland November 2017. Its Dublin declaration mentions that strategic investments in the health workforce could contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth and are an imperative to shared prosperity. What is remarkable about the investment frame for health workforce development is that there is little debate about the ty...

This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality presents policies best practices to address these. With women accounting for fifty percent the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it promotes equality. Despite recent progress, gaps remain across all stages life, including before birth, negatively impact health, education, economic outcomes women. ...