Research · Area II
Growth is good for whom?
Most economists believe that when economic growth increases, poverty should decrease. But they also recognize that there are exceptions — places that have seen slow or no growth yet have reduced poverty, and places that have grown rapidly while the poor were left behind. The exceptions are where the lessons are.
Going Green in Thailand: Upgrading in Global Organic Value Chains
Moore, Joel, and John Donaldson. 2023. Journal of Agrarian Change 23(4): 844–66.
Exploring the Causes of Immiserizing Growth: A Comparison of Pathways
Liu, Benjamin, Siyuan Yeo, and John A. Donaldson. 2019. In Immiserizing Growth: When Growth Fails the Poor, eds. Paul Shaffer, Ravi Kanbur, and Richard Sandbrook. Oxford University Press, pp. 106–35.
Human-Scale Economics: Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Northeastern Thailand
Moore, Joel, and John A. Donaldson. 2016. World Development 85: 1–15.
Saleem, Zahabia, and John A. Donaldson. 2016. Development Policy Review 34(5): 671–90.
Growth Is Good for Whom, When, How? Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Exceptional Cases
Donaldson, John A. 2008. World Development 36(11): 2127–43.