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		For richer, for fairer- poverty reduction and income distribution

		Efficiency versus equity? Wage waves in China

		Seeds of hope? Is the Green Revolution coming for Africa?

		Measuring pro-poor growth in rural India

		Earnings off the farm: magic bullet or myth?

		Ethiopia after reform: why some poor got poorer

		Storm clouds over Asia: signs of a silver lining?

		Sites for Sore Eyes

September 1999 Insights Issue #31

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For richer, for fairer

Poverty reduction and income distribution

Will the international target of reducing poverty by half over the next 15 years be met? Not unless growth efforts are accompanied by significant improvements in income distribution, according to research conducted at the Overseas Development Institute. Poverty reduction is a twin function of the rate of growth and of changes in income distribution. The research shows better distribution has as much impact on reducing poverty as has increased growth. And given predicted rates of economic growth, it emerges as the factor that will make the main difference between success and failure for new 'pro-poor' growth strategies.

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Also in this issue:

Efficiency versus equity? Wage waves in China

Seeds of hope? Is the Green Revolution coming for Africa?

Measuring pro-poor growth in rural India

Earnings off the farm: magic bullet or myth?

Ethiopia after reform: why some poor got poorer

Storm clouds over Asia: signs of a silver lining?

Sites for Sore Eyes

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