Economic Growth, Economic Development, and Poverty: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

: The pertinacious problem of poverty in the world questions whether the existing mechanisms are effective in the poverty reduction process. Exploring this field has intensified since 1989, and this research provides an overview of the theoretical and empirical research that addresses economic development and poverty. Bibliometric analysis is performed, which includes names of the most common authors, journals, and countries of publications, as well as the frequency of words and expressions in the existing literature. Bibliometric units are researched from the Scopus database using keywords "economic development", "economic growth" and "poverty". The main contribution of this analysis is the review of existing literature addressing the key issues and identifying theoretical and empirical research in the field of economic development and poverty. This is the first study of its kind where scientific attention is being paid to economic growth, economic development, and poverty by the most influential journals and most prominent authors in economics.