Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty

Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung In this volume, world-renowned contributors 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part I Issues in macroeconomics and poverty; Can public policies lower poverty?, Ashoka Mody, Catherine Pattillo; Chapter 1 Macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction, Ratna Sahay, Paul Cashin, Paolo Mauro, Catherine Pattillo; Chapter 2 Evaluating the poverty impact of economic policies, François Bourguignon, Luiz A. Pereira da Silva, Nicholas Stern; Chapter 3 Trade, growth, and poverty, Andrew Berg, Anne Krueger; Part 2 Part II Public finances; Chapter 4 Odious debt, Seema Jayachandran, Michael Kremer; Chapter 5 Aid and fiscal management, Aleš Bulí?, Timothy Lane; Chapter 6 Who is protected?, Martin Ravallion; Chapter 7 Understanding the evolution of inequality during transition, Ravi Kanbur, Matti Tuomala; Part 3 Part III Finance and trade; Chapter 8 Evaluation of financial liberalization, Xavier Giné, Robert M. Townsend; Chapter 9 Trade reforms and wage inequality in Colombia, Orazio Attanasio, Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Nina Pavcnik; Part 4 Part IV Crises and shocks; Chapter 10 Financial crises, poverty, and income distribution, Emanuele Baldacci, Luiz de Mello, Gabriela Inchauste; Chapter 11 Growth and shocks, Stefan Dercon; Chapter 12 Economic shocks, wealth, and welfare, Elizabeth Frankenberg, James P. Smith, Duncan Thomas Index;

Product details

• Authors: Ashoka Pattillo Mody
• Assisted by: Ashoka Mody (Editor), Mody Ashoka (Editor), Catherine Pattillo (Editor), Pattillo Catherine (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415649827
• ISBN: 978-0-415-64982-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy