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  • Poor Protection

    The Role of Taxes and Social Benefits in the Developing World During Crises

    by Maria Jouste, Ravi Kanbur, Jukka Pirttilä, Pia Rattenhuber ...
    Series series WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book examines the role of social protection and taxation systems in developing countries during times of crises. The main objective of the work is to promote understanding about proper crisis ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Equity And Growth In A Globalizing World

    by Kanbur Ravi; Spence Michael ...
    This book is a compilation of a series of "state of the art" papers on topics related to equity and growth. As inputs to its final report (The Growth Report), the Commission on Growth and Development took stock of the current state of knowledge and understanding of various sectors/issues that have an impact on economic growth, including equity, education, health, leadership and others. The ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Membership Based Organizations of the Poor

    by Martha Chen, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Carol Richards ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    This highly topical volume, with contributions from leading experts in the field, explores a variety of questions about membership based organizations of the poor. Analyzing their success and failure and the internal and external factors that play a part, it uses studies from both developed and developing countries.Put together by a group of prestigious editors, the contributors address a range of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa

    Edited by Ernest Aryeetey, Shantayanan Devarajan, Ravi Kanbur, Louis Kasekende ...
    Africa is a diverse continent. But is there a pattern to the diversity? Are there commonalities across the countries? And what does economics tell us about the diversity and the commonalities? The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa is a definitive and comprehensive account of the key issues and topics affecting Africa's ability to grow and develop. It includes 53 thematic and 48 country ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China

    Edited by Shenggen Fan, Ravi Kanbur, Shang-Jin Wei, Xiaobo Zhang ...
    China's rise as an economic powerhouse raises a number of questions that are the subject of lively debate. How did the country do it? How applicable are the lessons of China's economic reform of the past thirty years to the challenges it faces in the next three decades? What does the detailed pattern of China's success and challenges look like at the sub-sectoral and sub-national levels, and what ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • The Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa

    Edited by Haroon Bhorat, Alan Hirsch, Ravi Kanbur, Mthuli Ncube ...
    In 1994 South Africa saw the end of apartheid. The new era of political freedom was seen as the foundation for economic prosperity and inclusion. The last two decades have seen mixed results. Economic growth has been volatile. While inequalities in public services have been reduced, income inequality has increased, and poverty has remained stagnant. As the twentieth anniversary of the transition ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Labor Markets and Economic Development

    Edited by Ravi Kanbur, Jan Svejnar ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    As developing and transition economies enter the next phase of reforms, labor market issues increasingly come to the fore. With the increased competition from globalization, the discussion is shifting to the need for greater labor market flexibility and the creation of "good" jobs. Moreover, the greater actual and perceived insecurity in labor markets has generated a new agenda on how to structure ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Equity and Growth in a Globalizing World

    Edited by Ravi Kanbur, Michael Spence ...
    • What has been the evolution of poverty and equity during the recent globalizing decades? • How have poor countries fared on the Millennium Development Goals? • What role does wealth inequality play in the level and efficiency of investment and, hence, in economic growth? • Is gender equity a smart pro-growth strategy as well as a pro-poor one? • How is equality different from equality of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Good Jobs for Inclusive Growth in Central Asia and the South Caucasus

    Regional Report

    by Giovanni Capannelli, Ravi Kanbur ...
    This study explores prospects for inclusive growth in the Central Asia and the South Caucasus region and highlights the central role played by the creation of good jobs. The study reviews economic performance in the region and discusses prospects through 2030, introducing two growth scenarios related to the adoption of structural reforms for creating good jobs and inclusive growth. It also ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Quality of Growth in Africa

    Edited by Akbar Noman, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Ravi Kanbur ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    In recent years, concerns about the outcomes and nature of economic growth have given way to a new emphasis on its quality. This volume brings together prominent international contributors to consider a range of interrelated questions concerning the quality of growth in Africa, with a primary focus on sub-Saharan countries.Contributors discuss the measurement of growth, the transformations ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • External Finance for Low-Income Countries

    Edited by S. Kanbur, Zubair Mr. Iqbal ...
    Edited by Zubair Iqbal and Ravi Kanbur, this volume consists of papers presented at a joint IMF and World Bank conference on external financing for low-income countries. The primary focus was on the impact of external indebtedness on low-income countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, the HIPC Debt initiative, the determinants and role of private capital flow, policies that could be implemented to ... Read more

    $9.29 USD

  • Governing Rapid Growth in China

    Equity and Institutions

    Edited by Ravi Kanbur, Xiaobo Zhang ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    After three decades of spectacular economic growth in China, the problem is no longer how to achieve growth, but how to manage its consequences and how to sustain it. The most important consequence, at least as far as Chinese policy makers are concerned, is the rapidly growing inequality, between persons, between rural and urban areas, and between inland and coastal regions. At the same time, the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD