This volume analyzes determinants of pro-poor growth in eight countries. It emphasises the role of regional inequality, price and policy reforms as well as political economy issues affecting pro-poor growth at the country level. It also analyzes the impact of agricultural, labour market policies, macroeconomics and natural resource policies.

ERNEST ARYEETEY Professor of Economics, University of Ghana and Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana JEANPAUL AZAM Professor of Economics, University of Toulouse and Institut Universitaire de France, France THOMAS BONSCHAB Project Manager, German Technical Co-operation (GTZ), Germany MELANIE GROSSE Third-year PhD Student of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany ISABEL GÜNTHER Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany RAINER KLUMP Professor of Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany JANN LAY Research Associate, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany WOJCIECH PACZYNSKI Economist, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland ARTUR RADZIWILL Vice President, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland AGNIESZKA SOWA Researcher, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland JULIUS SPATZ Economic Advisor and Head, Pro-Poor Growth Team, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Germany RAINER THIELE Head, Research Area 'Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Development', Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany JAMES THURLOW Post-doctoral Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA C. PETER TIMMER Senior Fellow, Centre for Global Development, USA IRENA TOPINSKA Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warsaw, Poland MATEUSZ WALEWSKI Researcher, Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland MANFRED WIEBELT Research Fellow, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany PETER WOBST Scientific Officer, Sustainability in Agriculture, Food and Heath Unit, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain