Divided We Stand Why Inequality Keeps Rising (Korean version)
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012-09-18
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9789264111462
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Divided We Stand Why Inequality Keeps Rising
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2011-12-05
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9264119531
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines to which extent economic globalisation, skill-biased technological progress and institutional and regulatory reforms have had an impact on the distribution of earnings.
Eastern and Western Ideas for African Growth
Author: Kenichi Ohno
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-29
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1136778799
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The West and the East approach economic development differently. The Europeans and Americans stress free and fair business climate, promoting private activities generally without picking winners, and improving governance. East Asia is interested in achieving concrete results and projects rather than formal correctness, prioritizing a few sectors for industrialization, and eventual graduation from aid. The West mostly shapes shifting strategies of the international donor community while the East has in reality made remarkable progress in industrial catch-up. The two approaches cannot be merged easily but they can be used in proper combination to realize growth and economic transformation. This book proposes more dialogue and complementarity between the two in the development effort of Africa and other regions. In this collected volume, contributed by experts and practitioners from both East and West, the need to introduce Eastern ideas to the global development strategy is emphasized. Analysis of British and other Western donor policies is given while Japanese, Korean, and other Asian approaches are also explained with concrete examples. The concept of governance for growth is presented and the impact of rising China on development studies is contemplated. The practices of industrial policy dialogues and actions assisted by East Asian experts are reported from Tunisia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and others. The book should be applicable to all donors, institutions, NGOs and business enterprises engaged in development cooperation.
Preventing Ageing Unequally
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2017-10-18
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9264279083
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report examines how the two global mega-trends of population ageing and rising inequalities have been developing and interacting, both within and across generations.
World Development Report 2009
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2008-11-04
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 082137608X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. The transformations along these three dimensions density, distance, and division are most noticeable in North America, Western Europe, and Japan, but countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are changing in ways similar in scope and speed. 'World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography' concludes that these spatial transformations are essential, and should be encouraged. The conclusion is not without controversy. Slum-dwellers now number a billion, but the rush to cities continues. Globalization is believed to benefit many, but not the billion people living in lagging areas of developing nations. High poverty and mortality persist among the world's 'bottom billion', while others grow wealthier and live longer lives. Concern for these three billion often comes with the prescription that growth must be made spatially balanced. The WDR has a different message: economic growth is seldom balanced, and efforts to spread it out prematurely will jeopardize progress. The Report: documents how production becomes more concentrated spatially as economies grow. proposes economic integration as the principle for promoting successful spatial transformations. revisits the debates on urbanization, territorial development, and regional integration and shows how today's developers can reshape economic geography.
From Poverty to Power
Author: Duncan Green
Publisher: Oxfam
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 0855985933
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offers a look at the causes and effects of poverty and inequality, as well as the possible solutions. This title features research, human stories, statistics, and compelling arguments. It discusses about the world we live in and how we can make it a better place.
Inequality in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Ravi Kanbur
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-02-24
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 1134670206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Asia’s rapid economic growth has led to a significant reduction in extreme poverty, but accompanied by rising inequality. This book deals with three questions: What have been the trends of inequality in Asia and the Pacific? What are the key drivers of rising inequality in the region? How should Asian countries respond to the rising inequality? Technological change, globalization, and market-oriented reform have been the key drivers of Asia’s remarkable growth and poverty reduction, but they have also had significant distribution consequences. These three drivers of growth cannot be hindered because they are the sources of productivity improvement and betterment of quality of life. This book will be useful to those interested in policy options that could be deployed by Asian countries in confronting rising inequality.
Fratelli Tutti
Author: Pope Francis
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2020-11-05
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 1608338886
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Long Shadow of Informality
Author: Franziska Ohnsorge
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2022-02-09
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1464817545
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. This may hold back the recovery in these economies from the deep recessions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic--unless governments adopt a broad set of policies to address the challenges of widespread informality. This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the extent of informality and its implications for a durable economic recovery and for long-term development. It finds that pervasive informality is associated with significantly weaker economic outcomes--including lower government resources to combat recessions, lower per capita incomes, greater poverty, less financial development, and weaker investment and productivity.
Geography, Capacity, and Inequality
Author: Pablo Beramendi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-06-09
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1108905560
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this Element, we investigate how economic geography, the distribution of subnational economic endowments within a nation, shapes long-run patterns of inequality through its impact on the development of fiscal capacity. We present an argument that links economic geography to capacity through different types of industrialization processes. We show how early industrializers shape spatial distributions domestically by investing in productivity across their nations, and externally by reinforcing spatial polarization among late industrializers. We also show how differences in economic geography impact the process of capacity building, setting the stage for the modern politics of redistribution discussed in Volume II. We support this argument with descriptive data, case studies, and cross-national analyses.
