Measuring Inclusive Growth

By Ifzal Ali, Hyun H. Son. Asian Development Review, 2007

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This study proposes an approach to measuring inclusive growth. It draws from the idea of a social opportunity function akin to a social welfare function. In this context, growth is defined as inclusive if it increases the social opportunity function, which depends on two factors: (i) average opportunities available to the population, and (ii) how opportunities are shared among the population. In part, the inclusiveness of growth can be captured by means of an opportunity curve, which has a one-to-one relationship with the social opportunity function. To complement the shortcoming of the opportunity curve particularly partial ranking, the study also develops the opportunity index to provide a complete ranking. These tools are applied to the Philippines to analyze the access to and equity of opportunities in education and health. More importantly, the empirical application illustrates how these tools can be useful in the dynamic analysis of inclusive growth, as they evaluate changes in opportunities over time.

Subfields: Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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In Safety Research

1. S. Peiris
2. R. Anand
3. Saurabh Mishra
4. A. V. van Niekerk
5. Ifzal Ali

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1. S. Peiris
2. R. Anand
3. Saurabh Mishra
4. A. V. van Niekerk
5. Ifzal Ali

Citations in the corpus

• Inequality and the Imperative for Inclusive Growth in Asia (2007, background): “Inclusive growth depends on average opportunities available to the population and how opportunities are shared among the population (Ali and Son 2007b).”
• Inclusive Growth: Measurement and Determinants (2013, methodology): “9 See Ali and Son (2007) for details.”
• Inclusive Economic Sustainability: SDGs and Global Inequality (2020, background): “Ali and Son [48] define inclusive growth as “growth that not only creates new economic opportunities, but also one that ensures equal access to the opportunities created for all segments of society, particularly for the poor” (p. 12).”