Flat world, big gaps : economic liberalization, globalization, poverty and inequality / edited by Jomo K.S. with Jacques Baudot.

Other author Jomo K. S. (Jomo Kwame Sundaram)
Other author Baudot, Jacques.
Format Book
Publication InfoHyderabad, India : Orient Longman ; London ; New York : Zed ; Penang, Malaysia : Third World Network, 2007.
Descriptionxxvii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Global income inequality : what it is and why it matters / Branko Milanovic -- The scorecard on development : 25 years of diminished progress / Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick -- A converging or diverging world? / Bob Sutcliffe -- World economic growth and income distribution, 1980-2000 / Albert Berry and John Serieux -- Globalizing inequality : 'centrifugal' and 'centripetal' forces at work / José Gabriel Palma -- Growth is failing the poor : the unbalanced distribution of the benefits and costs of global economic growth / David Woodward and Andrew Simms -- Inequality trends in some developed OECD countries / John Weeks -- Unequal fortunes, unstable households : has rising inequality contributed to economic troubles for households? / Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller -- Poverty and inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS transition economies / Mihaly Simai -- Equity in Latin America since the 1990s / Pedro Sáinz -- Income distribution in the Middle East and North Africa, 1960-2000 / Maria Cristina Paciello -- Openness, trade liberalization, inequality and poverty in Africa / Alemayehu Geda and Abebe Shimeles -- Inequality in India : a survey of recent trends / Parthapratim Pal and Jayati Ghosh -- Growth with equity in East Asia / Jomo K. S. -- Understanding the extent and evolution of inequalities in China / Ranja Sengupta and Jayati Ghosh.
General note"Published in association with the United Nations."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1842778331 (hbk.)
ISBN9781842778333 (Zed hbk.)
ISBN184277834X (pbk.)
ISBN9781842778340 (Zed pbk.)
ISBN9788125030676 (Orient Longman pbk.)
ISBN8125030670 (Orient Longman pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HC79.I5 F59 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold