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  • The Impact of MacroEconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution

    Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques and Tools

    by Palgrave Macmillan UK ...
    Series series Equity and development
    A companion to the bestseller, The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution, this title deals with theoretical challenges and cutting-edge macro-micro linkage models. The authors compare the predictive and analytical power of various macro-micro linkage techniques using the traditional RHG approach as a benchmark to evaluate standard policies, such as a typical stabilization ... Read more

    $34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Globalization of Inequality

    by François Bourguignon ...
    Why national and international equality matter and what we can do to ensure a fairer worldIn The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Economics and Literature

    A Novel Approach

    Edited by François Bourguignon, Avinash K Dixit, Luc Leruth, Jean-Philippe Platteau ...
    Economics and fiction often pursue parallel objectives. Economists analyze human decisions and interactions in markets and other institutions. Fiction writers also provide keen insights into individual minds and motives, examining how their characters respond to conflict and tensions in varied situations. This book explores the insights to be gained from developing this parallel.In each chapter, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • State Capture and Rent-Seeking in Benin

    The Institutional Diagnostic Project

    Edited by François Bourguignon, Romain Houssa, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Paul Reding ...
    Benin is a small, slow-growing economy whose development relies on two sources of rent that are controlled by self-centred elites: cotton export and illegal cross-border trade with Nigeria. Patrimonialism governs Beninese society as a forceful struggle for political power takes place between the oligarchs who control these sources and use them as formidable levers of power. State Capture and Rent ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Institutional Challenges at the Early Stages of Development

    Lessons from a Multi-Country Study

    by François Bourguignon, Jean-Philippe Platteau ...
    Despite strong interest in the role of institutions; methods of operation, underlying political forces and their precise nature are still misunderstood. Partial analysis of specific aspects of public interventions simplified historical examples, or rough cross-country relationships tend to be the main guides to policy recommendations. Along with four in-depth country studies, published in ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • State and Business in Tanzania's Development

    The Institutional Diagnostic Project

    by Samuel Mwita Wangwe ...
    It is widely accepted that countries' institutions play a major role in their economic development. Yet, the way they affect, and are affected by, development, and how to reform them are still poorly understood. In this companion volume, State and Business in Tanzania diagnoses the main weaknesses, root causes, and developmental consequences of Tanzania's institutions, and shows that the ... Read more

    $107.49 USD

  • Is the Bangladesh Paradox Sustainable?

    The Institutional Diagnostic Project

    Edited by Selim Raihan, François Bourguignon, Umar Salam ...
    Bangladesh is widely seen as a 'paradox'. Over the last quarter of a century, it has maintained economic growth and has outperformed many countries on social indicators while scoring very low on the quality of governance. Moreover, its economic progress does not seem to indicate significant improvement in comparative institutional indicators. Is the Bangladesh Paradox Sustainable? thus examines ... Read more

    $116.49 USD

  • The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions

    Edited by Jean-Marie Baland, François Bourguignon, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Thierry Verdier ...
    The definitive reference on the most current economics of development and institutionsThe essential role that institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognized across the social sciences, including in economics. Academic and policy interest in this subject has never been higher. The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions is the first to bring together in ... Read more

    $95.99 USD

  • The Impact Of MacroEconomic Policies On Poverty And Income Distribution: Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques And Tools

    by Pereira da Silva Luiz A.; Bourguignon Francois; Bussolo Maurizio ...
    A companion to the bestseller, The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution, this title deals with theoretical challenges and cutting-edge macro-micro linkage models. The authors compare the predictive and analytical power of various macro-micro linkage techniques using the traditional RHG approach as a benchmark to evaluate standard policies, such as, a typical stabilization ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Handbook of Income Distribution

    Edited by Anthony B. Atkinson, Francois Bourguignon ...
    Series Book Volume 2A-2B - Handbook of Income Distribution
    What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century? Editors Tony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In two volumes they address subjects that were not covered in Volume 1 (2000), such as education, health and experimental economics; and subjects ... Read more

    $269.99 USD

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  • Globalization for Development

    Meeting New Challenges

    by Ian Goldin, Kenneth Reinert ...
    Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development are not well understood. This book explores the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies the main globalization processes - trade, finance, aid, migration, and ideas - and examines how each can contribute to economic development. By considering what ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

  • Development Without Aid

    The Decline of Development Aid and the Rise of the Diaspora

    by David A. Phillips ...
    “Development Without Aid” opens up perspectives about foreign aid to the world’s poorest countries. Growing up in Malawi the author developed a sense of the limitations of foreign assistance and from this evolves a critique of foreign aid as an alien resource unable to provide the dynamism that could propel the poorest countries out of poverty.The book aims to help move the discussion beyond ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus