ABSTRACT
We have already seen the growth performance of the countries in our sample. We now turn to their experience with respect to poverty reduction and reduction in income inequality. There has been much debate about the relationship between poverty and income inequality reduction and growth. Therefore it would be interesting to see what patterns emerge about these variables for the countries of East Asia. What do we do is consider first the experience with respect to poverty reduction. In this respect, we look at both intertemporal experience for a given country and inter-country experience for a specific period of time. Of course, it may be interesting to carry out a multi-dimensional comparison, but that may not always be possible.
