Economic Development, Poverty, and Income Distribution

List of contents

Preface -- The Problem -- Economic Underdevelopment and Income Distribution: A Survey of the Literature -- The World Bank and World Poverty -- Growth and Distribution: Trade-Offs or Complements? -- Development and Distribution in Tanzania -- Who Are the Poor? -- Exports, Entrepreneurs, and Equity: A Solution to the Problems of Population and Poverty in Southeast Asia? -- Operating in a Complex Society -- A Review and Critique of Foster's “Image of Limited Good” -- Dualism and Productivity: An Examination of the Economic Roles of Women in Societies in Transition -- What To Do About It -- Policies for Equitable Growth -- Income Inequality and Capitalist Development: A Marxist Perspective -- Water Supply and Income Distribution in Developing Countries -- Intermediate Technology and Income Distribution in Developing Nations

Summary

The increasing inequality and poverty that seem inevitably to accompany economic growth in developing countries have become more and more evident in recent years. The search for development paths that lead to growth with equality—all too difficult to find—is now an area of central concern for development economists.

Product details

• Authors: William Loehr
• Assisted by: William Loehr (Editor), Loehr William (Editor), John P. Powelson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367017736
• ISBN: 978-0-367-01773-6
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General