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Human development in the era of globalization : essays in honor of Keith B. Griffin

Boyce, James K. (contributor); Griffin, Keith (contributor) - 2006

development -- pt. 4. Globalization and inequality -- pt. 5. Strategies for reducing poverty and inequality … this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching …pt. 1. Perspectives on Chinese development -- pt. 2. Agriculture and rural poverty -- pt. 3. Dimensions of human …

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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...

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International perspectives on household wealth

Wolff, Edward N. (contributor) - 2006

The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as case studies, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Finland during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. The authors show that in the US, trends are...

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Growth, the environment, and the distribution of incomes : essays by a sceptical optimist

Beckerman, Wilfred - 1995

post-war world, income distribution and environmental policy. Economic growth is the focus of the first part of this volume … sustainable development. The third part of the book, on inequality and poverty, focuses on the distribution of incomes, the … conceptual problems of poverty measurement and the impact of social security payments in Britain. This volume also features an …

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Globalization and poverty

Gunning, Jan Willem (contributor); Collier, Paul (contributor) - 2008

important published work on the subject, addresses a core issue of contention: the implications of globalization for poverty and … and Poverty, Chapter 1, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 23-51 -- Ravi Kanbur (2001), 'Economic … Policy, Distribution and Poverty: The Nature of Disagreements', World Development, 29 (6), 1083-94 -- François Bourguignon …

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The economics of resource rich economies

Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2015

Development', World Development, 33 (7), July, 1029-44 -- Roland Hodler (2006), 'The Curse of Natural Resources in Fractionalized …

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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...

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Economic growth, inequality and migration

Levy-Livermore, Amnon (ed.); Faria, João Ricardo (ed.) - 2002

During the growth process inequality may rise or decline, and the change in the level of inequality may, in turn, affect growth. An increase in inequality in one place and better prospects of growth and earnings elsewhere can trigger migration. As a result of these close affecting links between...

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Institutions, globalization, and empowerment

Sideras, Jörn (contributor); Roy, Kartik C. (contributor) - 2006

This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...

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Diversity in economic growth : global insights and explanations

McMahon, Gary (contributor); … - 2009

Economists have long relied on cross-country regression analysis to identify the determinants of continued growth, but with only limited success. This book demonstrates the value of a different approach

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