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Human development in the era of globalization : essays in honor of Keith B. Griffin
Boyce, James K. (contributor); Griffin, Keith B. (contributor) - 2006
pt. 1. Perspectives on Chinese development -- pt. 2. Agriculture and rural poverty -- pt. 3. Dimensions of human … development -- pt. 4. Globalization and inequality -- pt. 5. Strategies for reducing poverty and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851660
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Economic growth and distribution : on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
Salvadori, Neri (ed.) - 2006
Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473998
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The Asian 'poverty miracle' : impressive accomplishments or incomplete achievements
Wan, Guang Hua (contributor); Silber, Jacques (contributor) - 2016
Introduction / Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan -- 1. An Asian poverty line? issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- 2. A … poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R …. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419895
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Inequality, growth and 'hot' money
Bortz, Pablo G. - 2016
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Growth and distribution: the last 300 years -- 3. Growth and distribution: the Kaleckian perspective -- 4. An integration of the real and the monetary economy -- 5. Financial flows, distribution and capital controls -- 6. Epilogue: challenges and possibilities.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419858
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Innovation, unemployment, and policy in the theories of growth and distribution
Salvadori, Neri (contributor); Balducci, Renato (contributor) - 2005
Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution increases our understanding about the more relevant economic determinants and policy aspects of the interdependence between economic growth and income distribution
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850564
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Institutional and social dynamics of growth and distribution
Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2010
Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution presents a set of original contributions to the much-debated issues of long-run economic growth in relation to institutional and social progress
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851068
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Economic liberalization, distribution, and poverty : Latin America in the 1990s
Taylor, Lance (contributor); Vos, Rob (contributor);  … - 2002
1. Balance of payments liberalization in Latin America : effects on growth, distribution and poverty / Lance Taylor and … Rob Vos -- 2. Labour market adjustment, poverty and inequality during liberalization / Enrique Ganuza, Ricardo Paes de … Ernesto Tovar -- 7. Ecuador : economic liberalization, adjustment and poverty, 1988-99 / Rob Vos -- 8. El Salvador : balance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852091
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The economics of resource rich economies
Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2015
The Economics of Resource Rich Economies discusses the problems and benefits of economies rich in natural resources. After a brief look at some historical aspects, it explores the concept known as the 'Dutch Disease' and offers empirical and theoretical insights into the effects of rich natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852323
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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134
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MicroFranchising : creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid
Fairbourne, Jason S. (contributor);  … - 2007
and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for …This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to … be used in poverty alleviation. Different models of microfranchising are reviewed and specific case studies highlighted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419999