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Operationalizing Inclusive Growth: Per-Percentile Diagnostics to Inform Redistribution Policies
Author: Mr. Alexei P Kireyev and Andrei Leonidov
Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2020: Issue 050
Language:
English
Publication Date:
06 Mar 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513528397.001
ISBN:
9781513528397
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
25
Keywords:
WP; consumption expenditure; expenditure distribution; accounting framework; percentile policy; percentile targeting; percentile properties; per-percentile policy; observed per-capita consumption expenditure distribution; percentile change; changes in consumption expenditure; percentile consumption; percentile structure; Consumption; Inclusive growth; Consumption distribution; Income; Middle East; expenditure increase; expenditure pattern
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Inclusive growth, narrowly defined in this paper as growth that helps reduce inequality, is achieved if consumption of the poor increases faster than consumption of the rich. The paper presents a simple accounting framework for a per-percentile consumption diagnostics that could inform redistribution policies. The proposed framework is illustrated in application to Iraq and Tunisia.
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IMF Working Papers
ISSN:
1018-5941
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