Inequality, Growth, and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization
Edited by Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Table of Contents
PART I: INCOME DISTRIBUTION TRENDS,THEORIES AND POLICIES
1. Inequality, Growth and Poverty: An Overview of Changes over the Last Two Decades, Giovanni Andrea Cornia
2. Income Distribution Changes and Their Impact in the Post-World War II period, Income Distribution Changes and Their Impact in the Post-World War II period Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Tony Addison with Sampsa Kiiski
PART II: TRADITIONAL CAUSES OF INEQUALITY: STILL RELEVANT FOR EXPLAINING ITS RISE IN THE 1980s-90s?
3. Land Ownership Inequality and the Income Distribution Consequences of Economic Growth, Michael Carter
4. Does Educational Achievement Help Explain Income Inequality?, Daniele Checchi
5. Rural and Urban Income and Poverty: Does Convergence Between Sectors Offset Divergence within Them?, Michael Lipton and Rob Eastwood
PART III. RECENT FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
6. Globalization, Technology and Income Inequality: A Critical Analysis, Ajit Singh and Rahul Dhumale
7. External Liberalization, Economic Performance and Distribution in Latin America and Elsewhere, Lance Taylor
8. Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequality: What are the New Insights after the Washington Consensus?, Rolph van der Hoeven and Catherine Saget
9. Increased Income Inequality in OECD Countries and the Redistributive Impact of the Government Budget, Anthony B. Atkinson
10. Income Distribution and Tax and Government Social Spending Policies in Developing Countries, Ke-young Chu, Amid Davoodi and Sanjeev Gupta
11. The Impact of Adjustment Related Social Funds on Income Distribution and Poverty, Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Sanjay Reddy
PART IV. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
12. Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped?, Raghbendra Jha
13. Factor Shares and Resource Booms: Accounting for the Evolution of Venezuelan Inequality, Francisco Rodriguez
14. The Impact of Financial Liberalization and the Rise of Financial Rents on Income Inequality: The Case of Turkey, Erinc Yeldan
15. The Changing Nature of Inequality in South Africa, Carolyn Jenkins and Lynne Thomas
16. Growth, Structural Change and Inequality: The Experience of Thailand, Isra Sarntisart
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