Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa : Pro-poor education policies and labour demand
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2003-09Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
Gueye, A.;Gauci, Adrian;
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
Economic Policy Research Center;
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The renewed focus on poverty reduction as the principal goal of development
has generated keen interest in the concept of “pro-poor growth”. The significance
of pro-poor growth and how it works has been a subject of intense controversy
in the development literature since the 50s. During the 50s and the 60s, the primary emphasis was on raising levels of investment in developing countries, initially by the injection of foreign aid, in order to achieve rapid growth. The expectation was that this would lead to economic
growth and consequently a ‘trickle-down’ effect, largely through higher employment
and real wages, which would alleviate poverty. However, in many situations,
this process was accompanied by rising inequality. It was indeed realized that the
‘trickle-down’ development approach, which implied that the poor benefit from
economic growth only indirectly through a vertical flow from the rich did not
actually focus on reducing poverty or addressing inequalities.
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“Gueye, A.; Gauci, Adrian; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; Economic Policy Research Center (2003-09). Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa : Pro-poor education policies and labour demand. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/3386”Collections
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