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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Begum, Syeda Shahanara
• Deng, Quheng
• Gustafsson, Björn

Titel

Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Asian economics, 2012-02, Vol.23 (1), p.73-85

Ort / Verlag

Greenwich: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• ► We analyse how economic growth has affected child poverty in Bangladesh and China. ► We compare child poverty in Bangladesh, China and south west of China. ► Child poverty is found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China. ► Economic growth can reduce child poverty but does not do so automatically. This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth. It compares the extent as well as profile of child poverty in both countries. Comparisons on the extent of child poverty over time and across countries are made using a decomposition framework attributing child poverty differences to differences in three components: mean child income, demographic circumstances and the distribution of child income. Child poverty is found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The results show that economic growth can reduce child poverty but does not always do so. For understanding changes over time and across countries in the extent of child poverty, it can be necessary to also consider changes/differences in the distribution of child income as well as in the demographic composition.