Inequality, growth, and poverty in an era of liberalization and globalization / edited by Giovanni Andrea Cornia.

Other author Cornia, Giovanni Andrea.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Descriptionxxii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in development economics
Studies in development economics. ^A274658
Contents Inequality, growth, and poverty : an overview of changes over the last two decades / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- Income distribution changes and their impact in the post-Second World War period / Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Tony Addison, and Sampsa Kiiska -- Landownership inequality and the income distribution consequences of economic growth / Michael Carter -- Does educational achievement help explain income inequality? / Daniele Checchi -- Rural and urban income inequality and poverty : does convergence between sectors offset divergence within them? / Robert Eastwood and Michael Lipton --Globalization, technology, and income inequality : a critical analysis / Ajit Singh and Rahul Dhumale -- External liberalization, economic performance, and distribution in Latin America and elsewhere / Lance Taylor -- Labour market institutions and income inequality : what are the new insights after the Washington consensus? / Rolph van der Hoeven and Catherine Saget -- Increased income inequality in OECD countries and the redistributive impact of the government budget / Anthony B. Atkinson -- Income distribution and tax and government social-spending policies in developing countries / Ke-Young Chu, Hamid Davoodi, and Sanjeev Gupta -- The impact of adjustment-related social funds on income distribution and poverty / Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Sanjay Reddy -- Reducing poverty and inequality in India : has liberalization helped? / Raghbendra Jha -- Factor shares and resource booms : accounting for the evolution of Venezuelan inequality / Francisco Rodríguez -- The impact of financial liberalization and the rise of financial rents on income inequality : the case of Turkey / A. Erinc Yeldan -- The changing nature of inequality in South Africa / Carolyn Jenkins and Lynne Thomas -- Growth, structural change, and inequality : the experience of Thailand / Isra Sarntisart.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004300753
ISBN0199271410