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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cornia, Giovanni Andrea.

World Institute for Development Economics Research.

Series:

Studies in development economics.

[UNU-WIDER studies in development economics]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Poverty.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within-country income inequality has risen since the early 1980s in most of the OECD, all transitional, and many developing countries. More recently, inequality has risen also in India and nations affected by the Asian crisis. Altogether, over the last twenty years, inequality worsened in 70 per cent of the 73 countries analysed in this volume, with the Gini index rising by over five points in half of them. In several cases, the Gini index follows a U-shaped pattern, with theturn-around point located between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Where the shift towards liberalization and globalizati

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I.Income Distribution Trends, Theories, and Policies; 1. Inequality, Growth, and Poverty: An Overview of Changes over the Last Two Decades; 2. Income Distribution Changes and Their Impact in the Post-Second World War Period; Part II.Traditional Causes of Inequality: Still Relevant for Explaining its Rise in the 1980s and the 1990s?; 3. Landownership Inequality and the Income Distribution Consequences of Economic Growth

4. Does Educational Achievement Help Explain Income Inequality?5. Rural and Urban Income Inequality and Poverty: Does Convergence between Sectors Offset Divergence within Them?; Part III.Recent Factors Influencing the Distribution of Income; 6. Globalization, Technology, and Income Inequality: A Critical Analysis; 7. External Liberalization, Economic Performance, and Distribution in Latin America and Elsewhere; 8. Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequality: What are the New Insights after the Washington Consensus?

9. Increased Income Inequality in OECD Countries and the Redistributive Impact of the Government Budget10. Income Distribution and Tax and Government Social-Spending Policies in Developing Countries; 11. The Impact of Adjustment-Related Social Funds on Income Distribution and Poverty; Part IV.Country Case Studies; 12. Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped?; 13. Factor Shares and Resource Booms: Accounting for the Evolution of Venezuelan Inequality; 14. The Impact of Financial Liberalization and the Rise of Financial Rents on Income Inequality: The Case of Turkey

15. The Changing Nature of Inequality in South Africa16. Growth, Structural Change, and Inequality: The Experience of Thailand; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Series from jacket.

"A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-928410-5

1-281-98997-5

9786611989972

0-19-153388-2

OCLC:

731646887