Beyond tradeoffs : market reforms and equitable growth in Latin America / Nancy Birdsall, Carol Graham, and Richard H. Sabot, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Contributor:

Birdsall, Nancy.

Graham, Carol, 1962-

Sabot, R. H.

Inter-American Development Bank.

Brookings Institution.

Conference Name:

Conference Inequality-Reducing Growth in Latin America (1997 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Economic policy--Congresses.

Latin America.

Economic policy.

Economic development--Congresses.

Economic development.

Income distribution--Latin America--Congresses.

Income distribution.

Equality--Latin America--Congresses.

Equality.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

367 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Beyond trade-offs

Market reforms and equitable growth in Latin America

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Inter-American Development Bank : Brookings Institution Press, 1998.

Summary:

"The essays in this book propose new ways of reducing inequality, not by growth-inhibiting transfers and regulations, but by enhancing efficiency--eliminating consumption subsidies for the wealthy, increasing the productivity of the poor, and shifting to a more labor-and-skill-demanding growth path"--Foreword.

Contents:

Foreword / Michael Armacost and Enrique V. Iglesias

Virtuous circles in Latin America's second stage of reforms / Nancy Birdsall, Carol Graham, and Richard H. Sabot

Kinds and causes of inequality in Latin America / John Sheahan and Enrique V. Iglesias

Structural reforms and equity / Eduardo Lora and Juan Luis Londoño

Growth with equity: the volatility connection / Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann

No tradeoff: efficient growth via more equal human capital accumulation / Nancy Birdsall and Juan Luis Londoño

Inequality-reducing growth in agriculture: a market-friendly policy agenda / Michael R. Carter and Jonathan Coles

Economic policy and labor market dynamics / René Cortázar, Nora Lustig, and Richard H. Sabot

Equity benefits from financial market reforms / Liliana Rojas-Suárez, and Steven R. Weisbrod

Pension reform: an efficiency-equity tradeoff? / Estelle James

Reforming public monopolies: water supply / Raquel Alfaro, Ralph Bradburd, and John Briscoe

Inequality and growth: implications for public finance and lessons from experience in the United States / Joseph Stiglitz

The political economy of institutional reform in Latin America / Carol Graham and Moisés Naím.

Notes:

"The chapters draw on discussions at a conference sponsored by the IDB and the MacArthur Foundation, titled "Inequality-Reducing Growth in Latin America," held in Washington, D.C. in January 1997"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0815709218

OCLC:

39893867