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Pro-poor Sustainable Economic Growth
Ensuring the poor benefit from economic success

Poverty reduction whether related to income or social and living conditions requires conditions in which the poor can participate in, contribute to, and benefit from economic growth.

Such pro-poor growth

  • generates employment and income among the poor
  • enhances the productive potential of the poor (by creating economic and social infrastructure facilities and services)
  • strengthens the governance and business environment to encourage strong private sector participation
  • seeks opportunities for strengthening regional cooperation and cross-border development
  • promotes a growth process that is environmentally sustainable.

ADB's Medium Term Strategy (2006-2008) focuses on core areas that are relevant for pro-poor growth and inclusive development. They include economic infrastructure and private sector development as well as regional cooperation. The strategy calls for

Do you know: The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive economic analysis of 44 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific. This 20th anniversary edition examines trends and prospects in Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. This year’s theme on workers in developing Asia spotlights three issues. Will the region reap the demographic advantages of its many young people about to enter the workforce? Can it resolve the silent crisis of skills shortages? Third, will policies keep up with the reality of burgeoning migration?

Read recent ADB publications on inclusive growth in Asia and the Pacific. ADB's new Strategy 2020 emphasizes inclusive growth as a path for poverty reduction in the region.

View ADB's knowledge products and operational expertise on contributing to pro-poor growth.