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Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Jamaica, 1988-98, and Beyond

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  • Danielson, Anders

    (Department of Economics, Lund University)

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This paper looks into the relations between economic growth and poverty reduction in Jamaica. A poverty profile is constructed, based on household budget survey data, and per capita growth is decomposed into pure growth effects and changes in inequality effects. I find that growth has contributed to poverty reduction mainly because there has not been any large increases in inequality. However, simulations also show that in order to for growth to continue to be efficient for poverty reduction, it is necessary to improve the prospects for rurally based, particularly small-scale agricultural growth. If not, the possibility of growth being anti-poor cannot be ignored.

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  • Danielson, Anders, 2003. "Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Jamaica, 1988-98, and Beyond," Working Papers 2003:7, Lund University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:lunewp:2003_007
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    Keywords

    growth; poverty; Jamaica; growth decomposition;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O49 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Other
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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