Pro-poor growth is essential for sustainable poverty reduction in developing
countries. This volume examines determinants of pro-poor growth in a sample of developing countries, among the critical issues highlighted by the country cases are the role and measurement of growth and inequality for poverty reduction, the role of agriculture as well as non/farm employment in generating pro-poor growth, ability of public policy to change the pattern of growth through incentives, public expenditure programs, and macro or sectoral policies.
STEPHAN KLASEN is Professor of Economics at the University of Göttingen, Germany. He has participated in many research and consultancy projects on poverty, growth and gender inequality issues for the World Bank, DFID, OECD, and other national and international organizations. He is the Managing Editor for Review of Income and Wealth, the leading international journal on the measurement and interpretation of poverty and inequality issues.
MICHAEL GRIMM is Junior Professor of Economics at the University of Göttingen, Germany.
ANDY MCKAY is Professor of Economics and International Development at the University of Bath.
ERNEST ARYEETEY Professor of Economics, University of Ghana and Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana JEAN-PAUL AZAM Professor of Economics, University of Toulouse and Institut Universitaire de France, France THOMAS BONSCHAB Project Manager, German Technical Co-operation (GTZ), Germany MELANIE GROSSE Third-year PhD Student of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany ISABEL GÜNTHER Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany RAINER KLUMP Professor of Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany JANN LAY Research Associate, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany WOJCIECH PACZYNSKI Economist, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland ARTUR RADZIWILL Vice President, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland AGNIESZKA SOWA Researcher, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland JULIUS SPATZ Economic Advisor and Head, Pro-Poor Growth Team, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Germany RAINER THIELE Head, Research Area 'Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Development', Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany JAMES THURLOW Post-doctoral Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA C. PETER TIMMER Senior Fellow, Centre for Global Development, USA IRENA TOPINSKA Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warsaw, Poland MATEUSZ WALEWSKI Researcher, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland MANFRED WIEBELT Research Fellow, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany PETER WOBST Scientific Officer, Sustainability in Agriculture, Food and Heath Unit, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain
