1. International Poverty Centre Strengthening the employment nexus between growth and poverty reduction Comments By N. Kakwani Director International Poverty Centre Brasilia Brazil Email: nanak.kakwani@undp-povertycentre.org

2. International Poverty Centre Comments on S. R. Osmani Azizur Rahman Khan Iyanatul Islam K. Sundram and S. Tendulkar

3. International Poverty Centre Poverty growth curve: Thailand

4. International Poverty Centre Poverty growth curve: Thailand

5. International Poverty Centre Poverty growth curve: Thailand

6. International Poverty Centre Osmani’s framework 1. Growth factor: expansion of production potential 2. The elasticity factor: enhancing employment potential a. Quantity of employment generated by growth b. Quality of employment : adequate returns from employment 3. The integration factor: expansion of employment potential of the poor.

7. International Poverty Centre Growth factor Y = Total Income or Output in the Country N = Population Growth Potential = Elasticity factor Quantity of employment potential = Integration factor Employment potential of the poor = e = employment in the population = employment among the poor = number of poor

8. International Poverty Centre Productivity of employment among the poor= = income of the poor. Growth potential of income of the poor= = + + + + If the last three terms are positive for all values of p, then we can say that the growth is pro-poor, which will achieve a maximum reduction in poverty with a given growth rate.

9. International Poverty Centre SBS – Ed. BNDES, 10º andar 70076-900 Brasilia DF Brazil povertycentre@undp-povertycentre.org www.undp.org/povertycentre Telephone +55 61 2105 5000