In recent years, economic development discourse has moved beyond increasing economic growth to ensuring that growth also leads to reduction in poverty and inequality. This motivates the current study to examine the relationship between economic growth and poverty in Benin. We used data from the 2006 and 2011 Benin Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and computed a multidimensional poverty index using the Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). Growth pro-poorness was then estimated using the Pro-Poor Growth Rate (PPGR) and Poverty Equivalent Growth Rate (PEGR). The distribution of growth pro-poorness was also analysed using the Growth Incidence Curves (GIC) and Non-Income Growth Incidence Curve (NIGIC). Average multidimensional poverty rate was estimated to be about 55.3%. The findings show that while growth has generally been pro-poor in Benin, there exists disparities across rural and urban households, women as well as the elderly. The findings reinforce the need for broader poverty measures and refocusing poverty reduction strategies to marginalised groups in Benin.

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贝宁的增长有利于穷人吗？使用多维贫困衡量标准的证据

近年来，对经济发展的讨论已经从促进经济增长转向确保增长也能减少贫困和不平等。这激发了当前的研究来考察贝宁经济增长与贫困之间的关系。我们使用了 2006 年和 2011 年贝宁人口与健康调查 (DHS) 的数据，并使用多重对应分析 (MCA) 计算了多维贫困指数。然后使用有利于穷人的增长率 (PPGR) 和贫困当量增长率 (PEGR) 来估计有利于贫困的增长。还使用增长发生率曲线 (GIC) 和非收入增长发生率曲线 (NIGIC) 分析了贫困增长的分布。平均多维贫困率估计约为 55.3%。调查结果表明，虽然贝宁的经济增长总体上有利于穷人，但 城乡家庭、妇女和老人之间存在差异。调查结果强调需要采取更广泛的减贫措施，并将减贫战略重新聚焦于贝宁的边缘化群体。