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Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries

This paper proposes a new measure of growth in shared prosperity, based on shifts in population shares of different income groups over time. This measure complements the definition of shared prosperity recently proposed by the World Bank in which i...

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Main Authors:	Dang, Hai-Anh H., Lanjouw, Peter F.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY THRESHOLD GROWTH RATES POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH PRO- POOR DISPOSABLE INCOME INCOME POVERTY RATES ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ECONOMIC REVIEW DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOUSING AVERAGE INCOMES REDUCED POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY POLICY DISCUSSIONS ESTIMATION RESULTS DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS POORER GROUPS POORER HOUSEHOLDS ANNUAL GROWTH NATIONAL POVERTY RATE GLOBAL POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES NATIONAL POVERTY LINES DEVELOPING COUNTRY REGION POVERTY REDUCTION PRO-POOR MEASURING POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS NEGATIVE GROWTH NEGATIVE IMPACT INCOME GROWTH VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS AVERAGE INCOME SOCIAL PROGRESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME PER CAPITA GROWTH HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME LEVELS SOCIAL PROTECTION ECONOMIC REFORMS POOR GROWTH PRODUCT POWER PARITY INCOME DATA EMPIRICAL APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION REDUCING POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL POPULATION SHARE CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA POLICY MAKERS POORER POPULATION MEAN INCOME SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION ABSOLUTE POVERTY INCOMES PRO- POOR GROWTH MIDDLE CLASS MEAN CONSUMPTION TRANSFER PROGRAMS PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE RELATIVE POVERTY ECONOMICS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCOME DYNAMICS WELFARE MEASURES GROWTH RATE EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY ABSOLUTE TERMS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PRO-POOR GROWTH POVERTY DYNAMICS POSITIVE GROWTH POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXCHANGE RATE COUNTRY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS POLITICAL INSTABILITY GROWTH PROCESS DECREASING FUNCTION POVERTY ANALYSIS INEQUALITY INCOME GROUPS DEVELOPMENT POLICY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24596134/toward-new-definition-shared-prosperity-dynamic-perspective-three-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22165

Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries

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