No growth without equity? : inequality, interests, and competition in Mexico / Santiago Levy and Michael Walton, editors.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Levy, Santiago.

Walton, Michael, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--Mexico--Congresses.

Economic development--Mexico--Congresses.

Economic development.

Income distribution.

Mexico.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxi, 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank ; Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2009]

Summary:

Equity and growth are central concerns for development in Mexico. Specific inequalities in income, power, wealth, and status create and sustain economic institutions and polices that perpetuate these inequalities and promote poor economic performance. No Growth without Equity? Inequality, Interests, and Competition in Mexico presents a novel analysis showing why more equality is necessary to increase economic growth.

The authors analyze the causes of persistent inequality and weak growth in Mexico, despite major changes associated with NAFTA and democratization, and draw implications for policy design. The book involves an innovative synthesis of work on overall links between equity and growth, and carefully grounded analysis in specific areas. The issues are of intense interest to policy debate in Mexico and to the development community in Latin America and elsewhere.

Contents:

Equity and development : political economy considerations / François Bourguignon and Sébastien Dessus

Saving growth from unequal influence / Raghuram G. Rajan

The political economy of equality and growth in Mexico : lessons from the history of the United States / James A. Robinson

The inequality trap and its links to low growth in Mexico / Isabel Guerrero, Luis Felipe López-Calva, and Michael Walton

Perverse equilibria : unsuitable but durable institutions / Carlos Elizondo Mayer-Serra

Social security reform in Mexico : for whom? / Santiago Levy

Mexican labor markets : protection, productivity, and power / William F. Maloney

Why banks do not lend : the Mexican financial system / Stephen Haber

Competition and equity in telecommunications / Rafael del Villar

Priorities for telecommunications reform in Mexico / Roger G. Noll

The governance of Mexico's oil industry / Adrián Lajous.

Notes:

"Equity and development series"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book is based on papers originally presented at a conference held in Mexico City on November 27-28, 2006"--P. [xvii].

ISBN:

9780821377673

9780821377697

0821377671

0821377698

9780821377680

082137768X

OCLC:

265080251