Employment, Inequality and Globalization : A Continuous Concern

ISBN-13: 9780415632232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str.

Rolph Van Der Hoeven

Opis

This volume recommends the development of clearer policies for employment and income redistribution to address social and economic inequalities. It documents that, over the last two decades, the growth of nonstandard and informal employment has led to greater inequalities.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Employment, Inequality and Globalization: A Continuous Concern  Rolph van der Hoeven  2. Employment, Basic Needs and Human Development: Elements for a New International Paradigm in Response to Crisis  Richard Jolly  3. How the New Poverty Agenda Neglected Social and Employment Policies in Africa  Thandika Mkandawire  4. Say’s Law, Poverty Persistence, and Employment Neglect  Alice H. Amsden  5. Income Inequality and Employment Revisited: Can One Make Sense of Economic Policy?  Rolph van der Hoeven  6. Income Distribution under Latin America’s New Left Regimes  Giovanni Andrea Cornia  7. Does Fast Growth in India and China Help or Harm US Workers?  Alex Izurieta and Ajit Singh  8. The Crisis of Globalization as an Opportunity to Create a Fairer World  Rob Vos

O autorze

Rolph van der Hoeven, PhD, Free University of Amsterdam is Professor of Employment and Development Economics at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague and member of the Committee on Development Cooperation of the Dutch Government. Earlier he was Director of ILO’s Policy Coherence Group, Manager of the Technical Secretariat of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, Chief Economist of UNICEF and policy analyst for the ILO in Ethiopia and Zambia. His work concentrates on issues of employment, inequality and economic reform on which he is widely published.