Re: new publication from WB

[Padmanabha Rao <kvprao@igidr.ac.in>]

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Also see a paper in the EPW of March 25-31 where he (Martin Ravallion)
writes on "What is Needed for a more pro-poor growth process in India?".

Padmanabha Rao

P.S. Incidentally, he was to be in Mumbai tommorrow to present a more
substantial paper of the same title in the International Symposium at the
IGIDR. This is just for the information of anybody who may be interested
in the paper or the symposium. Btw, the Symposium is titled :"Development
Policies for the New Millineum" and is being organised in honor of the
retiring Director of IGIDR, Dr Kirit Parikh. To those interested, you are
heartily welcome.

On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 prabhu.guptara@ubs.com wrote:
 I believe the following publication, even though it is from the
much-maligned
 World Bank, will also be of interest for our debate:
 When is Growth Pro-Poor? Evidence from the Diverse Experiences of India's
 States.
 by Ravallion, M.;Datt, G.
  THE WORLD BANK; COUNTRY ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, POLICY RESEARCH
      AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1818 H STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C.
      20433, U.S.A. 31p., 1999
 World Bank Identification: A1.199 WP 2263
 Summary: Ravallion and Datt use 20 household surveys for India's 15 major
      states, spanning 1960-94, to study how initial conditions and
      the sectoral composition of economic growth interact to
      influence how much economic growth reduced poverty. The
      elasticities of measured poverty to farm yields and development
      spending did not differ significantly across states. But the
      elasticities of poverty to (urban and rural) nonfarm output
      varied appreciably, and the differences were quantitatively
      important to the overall rate of poverty reduction. States with
      initially lower farm productivity, lower rural living standards
      relative to those in urban areas, and lower literacy experienced
      a less pro-poor growth process.


 prabhu guptara


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