Economic Policy and Equity / Ke-young Chu, Sanjeev Gupta, Vito Tanzi.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Chu, Ke-young.

Contributor:

Gupta, Sanjeev.

Tanzi, Vito.

Series:

Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Economic policy.

Social justice.

Competition, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book brings together the views not only of policymakers and academics but also of religious leaders and labor leaders from around the world- including the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Amartya Sen - who participated in an IMF conference on this topic. Contributors discuss the causes of growing inequality and the complex question of how to use policy to make economic systems more equitable under five headings: perspectives on economic policy and equity, globalization and equitable growth, country experiences in equity-oriented policymaking, design and implementation of policy, and a roundtable discussion on lessons for countries and the IMF. Edited by Vito Tanzi, director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF; Ke-young Chu, a senior advisor; and Sanjeev Gupta, a division chief in the department.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Part I. Perspectives on Economic Policy and Equity""; ""2 A View from the IMF""; ""Stanley Fischer""; ""3 Should Equity Be a Goal of Economic Policy?""; ""IMF Fiscal Affairs Department""; ""4 Economic Policy and Equity: An Overview""; ""Amartya Sen""; ""Comments""; ""Part II. Globalization and Equitable Growth""; ""5 Equity Issues in a Globalizing World: The Experience of OECD Countries""; ""Anthony Atkinson""; ""Comments""; ""6 Equity in a Global Economy""; ""Lawrence H. Summers""

""Part III. Equity-Oriented Policymaking: Country Experience""""7 Addressing Equity Issues in Policymaking: Lessons from the Chilean Experience""; ""Eduardo Aninat, Andreas Bauer, and Kevin Cowan""; ""8 Equity Issues in Policymaking in Transition Economies""; ""Grzegorz W. Kolodko""; ""Comments""; ""Part IV. Policy Responses: Design and Implementation""; ""9 Political Economy and the Equity-Policy Agenda""; ""Anibal Cavaco Silva""; ""10 Too Large and Too Small Governments""; ""Alberto Alesina""; ""Comments""; ""11 Equity Issues in Latin America""; ""Enrique V. Iglesias""

""Part V. Roundtable Discussion""""12 Lessons for Countries and the IMF""; ""Alassane Ouattara""; ""Alberto Alesina""; ""Karin Lissakers""; ""Jean-Claude Milleron""; ""David Smith""; ""Vito Tanzi""; ""Participants""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613850225

9781455277155

1455277150

9781455216482

1455216488

9781283537773

128353777X

9781455223466

1455223468