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100			_aKwon, Huck-ju
245			_aPoverty reduction and good governance: Examining the rationale of the Millennium Development Goals
260			_c2014
300			_ap.353-375.
362			_aMar
520			_aWhilst the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) looms large, the outcomes so far have been mixed. This article examines the policy logic that 'good governance' leads to poverty reduction, which has been adopted by international agencies in pursuit of the MDGs. This causal relationship is examined through an empirical panel data estimation using Worldwide Governance Indicators and the poverty headcount ratio in ninety-eight countries. The empirical evidence does not support the hypothesis that good governance leads to poverty reduction. Good governance alternatives poverty only in middle-income countries, not in least developed ones. These finding point to the necessity to devise policies that address poverty directly, rather than through indirect instruments, and highlight the urgent need to address structural inequality in developing countries. - Reproduced.
650			_aMillennium Development - Goals
650			_aGood governance
650			_aPoverty
700			_aKim, Eunju
773			_aDevelopment and Change
908			_aN
909			_a104171
999			_c104167 _d104167