Poverty reduction, inequalities and human development in the BRICS: policies and outcomes

Maiorano, Diego; Manor, James

Abstract

This paper assesses headway made by governments in Brazil, India, China and South Africa in pursuing three goals: reducing income poverty; reaching the poorest of the poor; and reducing inequality. Outcomes vary as we move up the ladder from the first and easiest of these challenges to the third and most daunting. Then the definition of poverty is broadened to include severe shortage of opportunities, liberties and capabilities. The paper discusses how the four countries performed in ameliorating several human development indicators and in enhancing poor people’s ‘political capacity’, the lack of which is an important dimension of their poverty.

Citation

Maiorano, D., & Manor, J. (in press). Poverty reduction, inequalities and human development in the BRICS: policies and outcomes. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 55(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2017.1327102

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 20, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jun 16, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 17, 2018
• Journal: Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
• Print ISSN: 1466-2043
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-9094
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Open
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 3
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2017.1327102
• Keywords: poverty, inequality, the poorest, social policy, political capacity
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/866609
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14662043.2017.1327102
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics on 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14662043.2017.1327102