Latin America and the Caribbean Continues to Grow, in Spite of Deteriorating International Economic Context. ECLAC report estimates a deceleration in 2009 due to volatility and uncertainty, as well as rising inflation and other factors. Produced by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 2008

'Drawing on scenarios produced by a world economic model, the authors, Francis Cripps, Director of Alphametrics, and Terry McKinley, CDPR Director, project that by 2020 the U.S. economy would face declining economic growth while major emerging economies, such as those of China, India and Brazil, would continue to grow moderately rapidly, prompting significant global economic and political realignment.' The Center for Development Policy and Research, Development Viewpoint #10.

This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction with special focus on the role of employment in shaping the linkage. The empirical basis of the analysis consists of two recent sets of studies: nine UNDP country case studies on “Macroeconomics of Poverty Reduction” (hereafter referred to as the UNDP case studies) and seven ILO/SIDA studies on “Growth-Employment-Poverty Nexus” (hereafter referred to as the ILO/SIDA studies).

Since the 1990s, democratisation has become a central goal and tool of many development agencies. As well as having intrinsic capacities relating to civil and political rights, democracy is argued to promote economic growth and pro-poor development. This paper reviews the growth of democratisation in developing countries, and discusses the agencies, institutions, and structural factors driving this phenomenon. It considers the evidence for pro-poor impacts of democratisation.

'The interest of the international development community in ‘Pro-Poor Growth’ appears to have waned.1 This Development
Viewpoint examines the pros and cons of adopting its most popular replacement, ‘inclusive growth’.
A ‘pro-poor’ approach did have the advantage of focus: concentrating on the most deprived. Judging progress involved attaching greater weight to the advance of the poor (e.g., “the
incomes of the poor grew faster than those of the non-poor”).
But what about the more...

In early 2007, the world economy was seen in its third year on the path of rapid economic growth making way for praiseworthy levels of poverty reduction. Performance of least developing countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan Africa posted a growth rate averaging more than six percent. Furthermore, robust growth rate resulting from the performance of large developing countries like China and India provided further assurance that the achievement of Millennium Development Goals is within a comf more...

Video by Jean-Michel Severino
"What is the impact of private sector activity in development?
What should the public and private sectors’ respective roles be? "

The Commission on Growth and Development released its final report,The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development ,which looks at how developing countries can achieve rapid, sustained, and equitable growth.
The Growth Report identifies some of the distinctive characteristics of high-growth countries and highlights the importance of leadership and governance, economic security, competition, sound fiscal and monetary policy, and public investment in health and educat more...

This paper will be useful to those who would like to gain an overview of the issue of growth and poverty for a developing country. Special Paper 08.27 by Prof. Marc Wuyts presents the conceptual framework for REPOA’s research programme on growth and poverty, explaining the underlying rationale and agenda.

The Poverty and Human Development Report provides a consolidated national analysis of trends in development in Tanzania. It is an authoritative reference document on socio-economic and macro issues for Tanzania.

Part I presents an analysis of the most recent data for the national set of indicators used to monitor Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA).

Part II gives an overview of the findings from a public perception survey ‘Views of the People� more...