Pro-Poor Macroeconomics

Potential and Limitations
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-349-28163-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Social Policy in a Development Context

This book tackles the disagreements that affect those looking to establish the macroeconomic policies needed to halve poverty over the next ten years. It presents a pro-poor macroeconomic policy allowing countries to recapture policy space, help promote growth, reduce inequality and diminish poverty in a sustainable way.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cornia, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements PART 1: OVERVIEW AND POVERTY IMPACT OF MAIN MACROECONOMIC POLICIES Potential and Limitations of Pro-Poor Macroeconomics: An Overview; G.A.Cornia Pro-Poor Fiscal Policy in the Globalized Economy; R.Jha Can Monetary Approaches to Stabilization be Pro-Poor?; S.K.Chand Exchange Rate Regimes for Development and Poverty Alleviation; G.A.Cornia Portfolio Flows, Macroeconomic Policy and Global Poverty; C.E.Weller & R.Chaurushiya The Effects of FDI on Growth and Inequality; C.Bonassi, G.Giovannetti & G.Ricchiuti Safety Nets for the Poor: A Missing International Dimension?; S.G.Reddy PART 2: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES Financial and Trade Reforms and Impact on Poverty and Income Inequality: The Case of Mauritius; S.K.Bundoo Macroeconomic Policy, Growth, Redistribution and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Malaysia; W.C.Hui and J.K.S. The Search for Macroeconomic Stability and Growth under Persistent Inequality: The Case of Chile; A.Solimano & M.Pollack Macroeconomic Policy, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Fast-Growing India and China; C.P.Chandrasekhar & J.Ghosh Heterodox Macroeconomic Policies, Inequality and Poverty in Uzbekistan; G.A.Cornia Macroeconomic Policy and Pro-Poor Growth in a Dualistic Economy: The Case of Bolivia; S.Klasen Has Macroeconomic Policy Been Pro-Poor in Brazil?; J.S.Arbache Index

Über Autor(innen)

JORGE SABA ARBACHE Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank, USA
CHIARA BONASSI Research Fellow, Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE), Italy
SUNIL KUMAR BUNDOO Senior Lecturer, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
SHEETAL K. CHAND Visiting Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway
C. P. CHANDRASEKHAR Professor, Center for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
RADHA CHAURUSHIYA Economic Policy Analyst, Center for American Progress, USA
WEE CHONG HUI Lecturer in Economics, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
GIORGIA GIOVANNETTI Professor of Economics, University of Florence, Italy
JAYATI GHOSH Professor and Chair, Center for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
RAGHBENDRA JHA Rajiv Gandhi Professor of South Asian Economics, Australia South Asia Research Centre, Australia
STEPHAN KLASEN Professor of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany
JOMO K. S. Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, United Nations, USA
MOLLY POLLACK Consultant, Chile
SANJAY G. REDDY Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University, USA
GIORGIO RICCHIUTI Researcher, University of Florence, Italy
ANDRÉS SOLIMANO Regional Advisor, UN-ECLAC, Chile
CHRISTIAN E. WELLER Senior Economist, Center for American Progress, USA