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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction
Opschoor, Johannes Baptist (contributor);  … - 2009
sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development … services approach. : income, inequality and poverty / Kerry Turner and Brendan Fisher -- 3. Ecospace, humanspace and climate … to climate conflict : who is taking the heat for global warming? / Betsy Hartmann -- 10. Rural poverty, cotton production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850833
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Poverty targeting in Asia
Weiss, John (contributor) - 2005
the Philippines / Arsenio Balisacan and Rosemarie Edillon -- 7. Micro-finance and poverty reduction in Asia / John Weiss …'s Republic of China, the Philippines and Thailand …1. Experiences with poverty targeting in Asia : an overview / John Weiss -- 2. Poverty targeting in India / Pradeep …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850985
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The Asia recovery : issues and aspects of development, growth, trade and investment
Tran, Van Hoa (contributor) - 2001
This book explores in-depth the major issues and important aspects of this economic recovery and its potential impact on growth, development, trade and investment. Expert contributors also discuss the global directions in international economic and financial relations, corporate and public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852009
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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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Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters : concepts and cases
Ruth, Matthias (ed.); Ibarrarán, María Eugenia (ed.) - 2009
Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851340
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The political economy of macroeconomic policy reform in Latin America : the distributive and institutional context
Wiesner Durán, Eduardo - 2008
Eduardo Wiesner's book makes an important contribution to the understanding of development by blending together the interdependent issues of (i) macroeconomic performance and volatility, (ii) equity and distributive justice, (iii) fiscal deficits and the redistributive effectiveness of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851644
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The distributional effects of environmental policy
Johnstone, Nick (contributor); Serret, Ysé (contributor) - 2006
This publication is a milestone in the analysis of the distributional impacts of environmental policy, building upon existing literature to simultaneously examine disparities in the distribution of environmental impacts and in the distribution of financial effects amongst households
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852026
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The future of central banking
Kappes, Sylvio (ed.); Rochon, Louis-Philippe (ed.);  … - 2022
"Part of the Elgar Series on Central Banking and Monetary Policy, this book explores challenges surrounding central banking today. It goes beyond the immediate concerns with monetary policy and focuses instead on the concept of central banking more generally. Chapter authors explore emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013400370
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Aggregate demand, inequality and instability
Ferri, Piero - 2016
1. Introduction -- Part I: basic concepts -- 2. Piketty's contribution -- 3. Measurement -- 4. Inequality and aggregate demand -- Part II: endogenous dynamics and instability -- 5. Aggregate demand, growth and instability -- 6. Wealth, public debt and instability -- 7. Recursive workhorses --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419908