Working Papers

Measuring Pro-Poor Growth in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine

No.

1008

Date

June, 2016

Topic

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

This paper examines the pro-poorness of economic growth in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Based on Ravallion and Chen (2003)โ€™s poverty reducing definition of pro-poorness which only requires reduction in poverty and ignores the distributional impact of growth, we characterize economic growth in all three countries throughout the decade as pro-poor, with the exception of Palestine during the first half of the decade. On the other hand, using Kakwani and Pernia (2000)โ€™s definition which includes both poverty reduction and distributional aspects and characterizes a growth pattern as pro-poor only if it favors the poor, we find that only Egyptโ€™s growth can be characterized as pro-poor for most combinations of poverty measures and poverty lines. Jordanโ€™s growth, although remained high throughout the decade, can only be characterized as pro-poor in the second half of this period. Finally, neither Palestineโ€™s economic downturn in the first half of the decade nor its following economic recovery in the second half can be characterized as pro-poor.

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ุชุจุญุซ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฑู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู…ูˆุงู„ูŠุฉ ู„ู„ูู‚ุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ู…ูˆ ุงู„ุงู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠ ููŠ ู…ุตุฑุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฃุฑุฏู†ุŒ ูˆูู„ุณุทูŠู† ููŠ ุงู„ุนู‚ุฏ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ุฑู† ุงู„ุญุงุฏูŠ ูˆุงู„ุนุดุฑูŠู†. ูˆุจู†ุงุก ุนู„ู‰ ุฑุงูุงู„ูŠูˆู† ูˆุชุดู† (2003) ุชุนุฑูŠู ุงู„ุญุฏ ู…ู† ุธุงู‡ุฑุฉ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑ ูŠุชุทู„ุจ ุชู‚ู„ูŠู„ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑ ูˆูŠุชุฌุงู‡ู„ ุงู„ุชุฃุซูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชูˆุฒูŠุนูŠ ู„ู„ู†ู…ูˆุŒ ู†ู‚ูˆู… ุจุชู…ูŠูŠุฒ ุงู„ู†ู…ูˆ ุงู„ุงู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุจู„ุฏุงู† ุงู„ุซู„ุงุซุฉ ุทูˆุงู„ ุงู„ุนู‚ุฏ ุงู„ู…ุงุถู‰ุŒ ู…ุน ุงุณุชุซู†ุงุก ูู„ุณุทูŠู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุตู ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุนู‚ุฏ. ู…ู† ู†ุงุญูŠุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ุŒ ูˆุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ูƒุงูƒูˆุงู†ู‰ ูˆุจูŠุฑู†ูŠุง (2000) ุชุนุฑูŠู ุงู„ุญุฏ ู…ู† ุธุงู‡ุฑุฉ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑ ูŠุดู…ู„ ูƒู„ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ูู‚ุฑ ูˆุฌูˆุงู†ุจ ุงู„ุชูˆุฒูŠุน ูˆูŠู…ูŠุฒ ู†ู…ุท ุงู„ู†ู…ูˆุŒ ู„ุตุงู„ุญ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑุงุก ุฅู„ุง ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ูŠุฎุฏู… ุงู„ูู‚ุฑุงุกุŒ ู†ุฌุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ู†ู…ูˆ ููŠ ู…ุตุฑ ูู‚ุท ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชูˆุตู ุจุฃู†ู‡ุง ู…ูˆุงู„ูŠุฉ -ู„ู„ูู‚ุฑุงุก ู„ู…ุนุธู… ุงู„ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุงุช ู…ู† ู…ู‚ุงูŠูŠุณ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑ ูˆุฎุทูˆุท ุงู„ูู‚ุฑ. ุงู„ู†ู…ูˆ ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุฑุฏู†ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑุบู… ู…ู† ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุธู„ุช ู…ุฑุชูุนุฉ ุทูˆุงู„ ุงู„ุนู‚ุฏุŒ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ูˆุตูู‡ุง ุจุฃู†ู‡ุง ู„ุตุงู„ุญ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑุงุก ููŠ ุงู„ู†ุตู ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูุชุฑุฉ. ูˆุฃุฎูŠุฑุงุŒ ุงู„ุงู†ูƒู…ุงุด ุงู„ุงู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠ ู„ูู„ุณุทูŠู† ููŠ ุงู„ู†ุตู ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนู‚ุฏ ูˆุงู„ุงู†ุชุนุงุด ุงู„ุงู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠ ุงู„ุชุงู„ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ู†ุตู ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ูŠู…ูƒู† ูˆุตูู‡ ุจุฃู†ู‡ุง ู„ุตุงู„ุญ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑุงุก