Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty

ISBN-13: 9780415700719 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 420 str.

Ashoka Mody; Catherine A. Pattillo

Opis

In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going beyond the traditional literature on poverty, this original book deals with themes of broad interest to both scholars and policymakers in a clear yet technically sophisticated manner. Departing from conventional methods employed in poverty studies, these innovative essays enquire into the institutional characteristics of poverty, and using current case studies, they examine the crucial idea that periods of crises seriously affect poverty.

Spis treści

Part 1: Issues in Macroeconomics and Poverty: Can Public Policies Affect Poverty? An Overview  1. Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research  2. Evaluating the Poverty Impact of Economic Policies: Some Analytical Challenges  3. Trade, Growth, and Poverty: A Selective Survey  Part 2: Public Finances  4. Odious Debt  5. Aid and Fiscal Management   6. Who is Protected? On the Incidence of Fiscal Adjustment  7. Understanding the Evolution of Inequality During Transition: The Optimal Income Taxation Framework  Part 3: Finance and Trade  8. Evaluation of Financial Liberalization: A General Equilibrium Model with Constrained Occupation Choice  9. Trade Reforms and Income Inequality in Colombia   Part 4: Crises and Shocks  10. Financial Crises, Poverty, and Income Distribution   11. Growth and Shocks: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia  12. Economic Shocks, Wealth, and Welfare

O autorze

Ashoka Mody is at the International Monetary Fund. Prior to joining the IMF in 2001, he worked at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and the World Bank.