Analytical Approaches to Inclusive Growth

April 22, 2008
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Description: There is widespread agreement that economic growth is a necessary condition for poverty reduction. However, there is ample evidence that the pattern of growth – how growth is generated and how it is distributed – is also critical for accelerating poverty reduction. This seminar highlights recent country studies that have successfully integrated the analysis of growth and poverty reduction. It covers a broad range of topics in shared growth analysis, including:

• macro and micro characteristics of recent growth patterns;
• diagnostic tools for identifying the country-specific binding constraints to shared growth and policy priorities; and
• in-depth analysis of sectors or markets where the constraints are binding.

Learning Objectives: At the end of the seminar, participants will have a better understanding of the relationship between growth, inequality, and poverty reduction. They will be familiar with recent country-level analytical work including growth, and incorporating analytical and policy perspectives.

Speakers:

• Dino Merotto (Senior Economist, AFTP2)
• Elena Ianchovichina (Senior Economist, PRMED)
• Malcolm Ehrenpreis (Gender Specialist, PRMGE)
• Michael Morris (Lead Agriculture Economist, AFTAR)
• Susanna Lundström (Senior Economist, PRMPR)

Target Audience: Regional staff and TTLs, especially those preparing growth and poverty related studies (Country Economic Memorandums, Poverty Assessments, Development Policy Reviews, etc.)

Task Manager: Ken Simler (Senior Economist, PRMPR)

Background Papers:

• Beating the Odds: Sustaining Inclusion in Mozambique (618kb PDF)
• Promoting Pro-Poor Growth in Rwandan Agriculture: What are the Policy Options? (248kb PDF)
• Uganda CEM: Beyond Recovery -- Investment and Behavior Change for Growth
• What Are the Constraints to Inclusive Growth in Zambia? (908kb PDF)

Presentations:

• Beating the Odds: Sustaining Inclusion in a Growing Economy -- A Mozambique Poverty, Gender and Social Assessment (140kb PDF)
• Forward With Growth Diagnostics: Back to Social Planning? -- Reflections from Uganda CEM (6.9mb PDF)
• Promoting Pro-Poor Growth in Rwandan Agriculture: What are the Policy Options? (726kb PDF)
• What Are the Constraints to Inclusive Growth in Zambia? (177kb PDF)

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