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Policy response to poverty and inequality in the developing world
- Source: CEPAL Review, Volume 2003, Issue 79, Apr 2003, p. 97 - 110
- Spanish
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- 22 Apr 2003
Abstract
The author argues that the effectiveness of poverty alleviation instruments largely depends on how poverty is defined. The aim of reducing absolute poverty chiefly entails a discussion of growth, historically the main factor in this process. If poverty is defined in relative terms, on the other hand, then it is changes in inequality that are the main factor behind variations in its incidence. In any event, the relationship between the two potential sources of poverty reduction is crucial.
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