Abstract
The aim of this Working Paper is to broaden the debate on “pro-poor growth”. An exclusive focus on the income dimension of poverty has neglected the non-income dimensions. After an examination of prominent views on the linkages between economic growth, inequality, and poverty reduction this paper discusses the proper definition and measurement of pro-poor growth. Bolivia serves as a case study to illustrate the usefulness of applying the analytical toolbox for pro-poor growth to non-income dimensions of poverty and offers some important new insights about differences in the evolution of both poverty dimensions. Growth in Bolivia has been more pro-poor in the non-income than in the income dimension. The analysis furthermore shows that extending use of the pro-poor growth toolbox to non-income dimensions of poverty greatly improves our understanding of the trends in non-income indicators. Such understanding is pivotal for a careful assessment of the linkages between income and nonincome poverty along the entire income distribution. It is equally important for poverty monitoring and for defining policy interventions. It also allows deeper analysis of the relative merits of economic growth, compared to direct intervention aimed at improving non-income dimensions of poverty. Ce document technique se propose d’elargir le debat sur « la croissance au benefice des pauvres ». Prendre exclusivement en compte le revenu comme dimension de la pauvrete neglige ses dimensions hors revenu. Apres une etude des theses en vue sur les liens entre croissance economique, inegalites et reduction de la pauvrete, l’article questionne la definition propre de « la croissance au benefice des pauvres » et la maniere de la mesurer. La Bolivie presente un cas d’ecole illustrant l’utilite d’elargir les outils d’analyse de cette croissance aux dimensions hors revenu de la pauvrete, et elle offre de precieux nouveaux reperes sur les differentes evolutions des deux spheres de la pauvrete. La croissance en Bolivie a davantage beneficie aux pauvres dans le registre hors revenu que dans le registre du revenu. L’analyse developpe qu’un recours aux outils d’une croissance benefique aux pauvres elargis aux dimensions hors revenu de la pauvrete ameliore sensiblement notre comprehension des tendances des indicateurs de la sphere hors revenu. Une telle comprehension est fondamentale pour une appreciation judicieuse des liens entre pauvrete en matiere de revenu et pauvrete hors revenu tout au long de la distribution du revenu global. C’est egalement important pour agir sur la pauvrete et pour definir des politiques d’intervention. Cette comprehension permet aussi d’approfondir en les comparant l’analyse des merites relatifs de la croissance economique et des interventions directes visant a ameliorer les parametres hors revenu de la pauvrete.
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