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Growth and inequality : the contrasting trajectories of India and Brazil / Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa, Maria Cristina Cacciamali, Gerry Rodgers ; With contributions from Taniya Chakrabarty [and seven others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barbosa, Alexandre de Freitas, author.
- Cacciamali, Maria Cristina, author.
- Rodgers, Gerry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--India.
- Economic development.
- Economic development--Brazil.
- Equality--India.
- Equality.
- Equality--Brazil.
- India--Economic conditions--21st century.
- India.
- Brazil--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Brazil.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Inequality is a global concern, for its social and human consequences, and its impact on the pace and pattern of economic growth. In India and Brazil, this issue has received increasing attention in recent years. In Brazil, inequality grew until the 1980s, when it reached extreme levels, but has since been declining, especially during the first decade of the twenty-first century. In India, inequality showed little change up to the 1980s, but has since been rising. These differences result from a variety of economic, social and political factors, which are examined in depth in this comparative study. The book examines inequality in overall distributions of income and expenditure, and disparities across gender, region, caste, race, and access to education. It compares the experience of the two countries, and draws conclusions on the types of policy frameworks and institutions that might lead to a more equitable pattern of growth.
- Contents:
- Brazil and India : a mirror image of each other?
- Approach and method
- Brazil and India in the decades before 1980
- India and Brazil from 1980 until 2014
- Key divides and cleavages ruptures, continuities, or adaptation?
- Index.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Aug 2019).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-108-23602-2
- 1-108-58887-5
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