Growth and Poverty Revisited from a Multidimensional Perspective. Issue 2 (1st February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Santos, Maria Emma; Dabus, Carlos; Delbianco, Fernando
• Is Part Of: Journal of development studies. Volume 55:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 260
• Page End: 277
• Publication Date: 2019-02-01
• Subjects: Economic development -- Periodicals; Economic history -- 1945- -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Développement économique -- Périodiques; Histoire économique -- 1945- -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions économiques -- Périodiques; 338.91
• DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1393520
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0388

Abstract

Abstract: The actual impact of economic growth on poverty reduction is of fundamental importance to the development agenda. This paper offers new empirical evidence on growth and poverty measured from a multidimensional perspective using the global Multidimensional Poverty Index. Results from a First Difference Estimator Model suggest that while economic growth reduces multidimensional poverty, this impact is well below a one-to-one relationship and lower than the impact of growth on income poverty. Results from a cross-section model additionally suggest that countries with higher levels of exports, higher share of industry and services and higher control of corruption have lower multidimensional poverty.