ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...................................................................................................................................................... IX
PREFACE............................................................................................................................................................................ X
CHAPTERONE.............................................................................................................................. E .................................1
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Major Issues.......................................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Main Questions ................................................................................................................................................4
1.4 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................................5
CHAPTERTWO.............................................................................................................................. O ................................7
Economic and Social Trends...................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Economic Performance and Policy...........................................................................................................7
2.2. Structural Change ....................................................................................................................................... 12
2.3 The Sources of Economic Growth.......................................................................................................... 17
2.4 Poverty and Inequality............................................................................................................................... 23
2.5 The Growth-Poverty Nexus ...................................................................................................................... 27
2.6 Social Indicators............................................................................................................................................ 30
CHAPTERTHREE.............................................................................................................................. E .......................... 33
Macroeconomic Management ........................................................................................................................... 33
CHAPTERFOUR .............................................................................................................................. R ........................... 38