income. The objective of this paper is to analyse the cross-country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty across a … poverty. However, evidence suggests that some countries see a much faster decline in poverty with the same level of growth in … sector, literacy, the extent of business regulations, and trade openness are important determinants of the growth elasticity …

. Mathematically, the formula employed to calculate the growth elasticity of poverty leads to lower values for higher initial poverty …Poverty-growth elasticities are frequently calculated to provide insight into the inclusiveness of the growth process … and space. Poverty-growth semi-elasticities provide a more robust measure of the responsiveness of poverty to growth. …

well (in fact, better than a related study by Bourguignon (2003) that studied the regular growth elasticity of poverty ….e. percentage point) changes in FGT poverty measures assuming a log-normal distribution. We also test the empirical relationship of … the derived semi-elasticities of growth and distributional change on poverty and them to explain changes in poverty very …

superior and more policy-relevant measure than the much used "regular" growth elasticity of poverty reduction. We also test the … elasticity of poverty reduction). This is particularly the case when poverty depth and severity is considered. Using our results … circumstances into account. -- Poverty reduction ; growth elasticity ; growth semi-elasticity ; income distribution …