Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 599 g
Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 599 g
Reihe: Queen Elizabeth House Series in Development Studies
ISBN: 978-0-19-829353-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford
As we reach the turn of the millennium, the disparity between developed and developing world is of increasing concern. Labour, Poverty, and Development brings together a worldwide mix of contributors from both the academic and practitioner sides of the current debate, combining rigorous economic analysis and broader-based theorizing to provide a detailed picture of the causes, effects, and implications of the current situation in the developing world. All the contributions stress the vertical relationship between macro trends and micro functionings of markets. Part I deals with the interaction between employment and growth and trade policy, investigating the positive relationship betwen growth and emplyment, and the connection between trade liberalization and better working conditions. Part II looks at the situation in urban areas: the crucial and often hidden role that the informal sector plays in the urban employment market and its connection to the formal labour sector, and the collective decision-making involved in gender differentials in education. Finally, Part III investigates the other side of the ruralurban divide, with a detailed micro-study of labour supply in rural communes in China, and an analysis of a common developing-world poverty trap: the spiralling relationship between destitution and low productivity.
Perhaps the largest problem facing the world at the turn of the millennium is the increasing gap between developed and developing world. Labour, Poverty, and Development provides rigorous economic analysis with the necessary theoretical underpinnings, detailing the causes, effects, and implications of the current situation in the developing world. Bringing together some of the world's foremost experts on development, the volume concentrates on three main areas: the relationship between employment, growth, and trade; the growth of urban labour; and the position in rural areas. Throughout, the emphasis is on the links between the `macro' and the `micro': the wider trends and the functionings of the narrower markets.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
