The economies of the world have changed dramatically over the century and with the advent of technological sophistication, these economies have reaped up massive gains in terms of standard of living. Pro-poor growth is a term used for primarily national policies to stimulate economic growth for the benefit of poor people (primarily in the economic sense of poverty). Pro-poor growth can be defined as absolute, where the poor benefits from overall growth in the economy, or relative - which refers to targeted efforts to increase the growth specific.