Reproducibility package for Disaggregated Impacts of Growth on Multidimensional Poverty: Does the Source of Growth Matter?
Overview
This paper presents comprehensive findings on the relationship between economic growth and poverty. Using a first-difference model applied to data from more than 80 countries spanning over 20 years, the paper investigates how changes in gross domestic product affect the Multidimensional Poverty Index and its subcomponents, considering variations in income level, region, and resource dependency. The analysis confirms that economic growth generally reduces the Multidimensional Poverty Index, although the magnitude of the effect varies significantly. It is less pronounced in low-income countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and resource-dependent countries. The paper disaggregates gross domestic product growth by its dimensions, revealing that growth driven by total factor productivity, consumption, and sustainable growth significantly decreases the Multidimensional Poverty Index. In contrast, factors such as human capital development, capital deepening, investment, government spending, exports, and imports show ambiguous effects on the Multidimensional Poverty Index. These findings suggest that the effectiveness of these factors depends on country-level conditions. Given the clearer positive impact of total factor productivity, consumption, and sustainable growth on reducing multidimensional poverty, policy makers should prioritize strategies that promote these types of growth to fight poverty, especially in contexts where the effects of other growth contributors are uncertain or not well understood.
Reproducibility Package
| Repository name | URI |
|---|---|
| Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) | https://reproducibility.worldbank.org |
Reproducibility
Paper exhibits were reproduced in a computer with the following specifications:
– OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
– Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz (2 processors)
– Memory available: 32 GB
– Software version: Stata version 18 MP
~5 minutes runtime
To run the package, a new user must follow these steps:
- Download the public dataset that is not included in the package, and place it in the appropriate folder
1 data/1 raw/. - Change the path in the main do-file to reflect the location of the package on your system.
- Run the main do-file to execute the code.
Data
All data sources are publicly available but not all are included in the reproducibility package.
Description
| Author | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Mulangu | World Bank | fmulangu@worldbank.org |
| Mokhtar Benlamine | International Monetary Fund | mbenlamine@imf.org |
| Michael Keller | World Bank | mkeller2@worldbank.org |
| Jean-Pascal Nganou | World Bank | jnganou@worldbank.org |
2024-10
Scope and coverage
| Location | Code |
|---|---|
| World | WLD |
Disclaimer
The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.
Access and rights
| Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Modified BSD3 | https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/ |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Mulangu | World Bank | fmulangu@worldbank.org |
| Reproducibility WBG | World Bank | reproducibility@worldbank.org |
Information on metadata
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reproducibility WBG | DIME | World Bank - Development Impact Department | Verification and preparation of metadata |
2024-10-07
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