Welfare, inequality, and resource depletion: A reassessment of Brazilian economic growth, 1965–1993

The use of GDP growth as an indicator of national progress has many critics. Ahluwalia and Chenery noted that GDP growth places greater weight on the income growth of richer income groups, and proposed distribution-neutral and pro-poor alternatives. More recently, studies by the World Resources Inst...

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Main Author: Torras, Mariano
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2000
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9960794