Preface -- Introduction -- Equity, inequality traps and institutions: a cross-disciplinary view / Anthony Bebbington, Anis Dani, Arjan de Haan and Michael Walton -- Inequality traps and institutionalized inequities -- Asset inequality and agricultural growth: how are patterns of asset inequality...

This book presents the results of the study 'New Approaches for Improving the Development Outcomes of the Extractive Industry in Peru: Improving Impacts on Women in Poverty and Their Families.' In recent years, large amounts of 'development assistance' in the form of infrastructure and social...