| Description |
367 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Michael Armacost and Enrique V. Iglesias -- Virtuous circles in Latin America's second stage of reforms / Nancy Birdsall, Carol Graham, and Richard H. Sabot -- Kinds and causes of inequality in Latin America / John Sheahan and Enrique V. Iglesias -- Structural reforms and equity / Eduardo Lora and Juan Luis Londo~no -- Growth with equity : the volatility connection / Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann -- No tradeoff : efficient growth via more equal human capital accumulation / Nancy Birdsall and Juan Luis Londoņo -- Inequality-reducing growth in agriculture : a market-friendly policy agenda / Michael R. Carter and Jonathan Coles -- Economic policy and labor market dynamics / Rene Cortazar, Nora Lustig, and Richard H. Sabot -- Equity benefits from financial market reforms / Liliana Rojas-Suarez, and Steven R. Weisbrod -- Pension reform : an efficiency-equity tradeoff? / Estelle James -- Reforming public monopolies : water supply / Raquel Alfaro, Ralph Bradburd, and John Briscoe -- Inequality and growth : implications for public finance and lessons from experience in the United States / Joseph Stiglitz -- Political economy of institutional reform in Latin America / Carol Graham and Moises Naim. |
| Summary |
"The essays in this book propose new ways of reducing inequality, not by growth-inhibiting transfers and regulations, but by enhancing efficiency--eliminating consumption subsidies for the wealthy, increasing the productivity of the poor, and shifting to a more labor-and-skill-demanding growth path ... [They] draw on discussions at a conference sponsored by the IDB and the MacArthur Foundation, titled "Inequality-Reducing Growth in Latin America," held in Washington, D.C. in January 1997"--Foreword. |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Congresses.
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Income distribution -- Latin America -- Congresses.
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Equality -- Latin America -- Congresses.
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Latin America -- Economic policy -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Birdsall, Nancy.
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Graham, Carol, 1962-
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Sabot, R. H.
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Inter-American Development Bank.
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| Added Title |
Market reforms and equitable growth in Latin America |
| Note |
Title of conference: Inequality-reducing growth in Latin America |
| ISBN |
0815709218 (pbk.) |
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