»Title Inequality, Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalisation and Globalisation
»Author Giovanni Andrea Cornia (editor)
»Publisher Oxford University Press
»Web site [ see here ]
»ISBN 0-19-9271410, Publish year March 2004
»Pages 427
»Abstract This volume provides a first systematic analysis of the changes in within-country income inequality over the last twenty years on the basis of an extensive review of the relevant literature and of an econometric analysis of trends in inequality indexes. The study shows that inequality worsened in seventy percent of the 73 developed, developing and transitional countries analysed.
The volume provides also an evaluation of the possible causes of this widespread – if not universal – rise in income inequality, be they those (North-South trade, migration or technological change) frequently referred to in the current literature, or those traditionally explaining high inequality in a developing context (high land concentration, unequal access to education, the urban bias of public policy and the ‘curse of natural resources’), or – central to the message of this book - the policy reforms towards liberalisation and globalisation implemented in a large number of countries over the last two decades. In this regard, the volume offers a first empirical assessment of the relation between policies towards liberalisation and globalisation and income inequality.
»Table of contents

Part I. Income Distribution Trends, Theories, and Policies
Giovanni Andrea Cornia Inequality, Growth, and Poverty: An Overview of Changes over the Last Two
Decades
Giovanni Andrea Cornia,
Tony Addison, and
Sampsa Kiiski		 Income Distribution Changes and Their Impact in the Post-Second World War Period
Part II. Traditional Causes of Inequality: Still Relevant for Explaining its Rise in the 1980s and 1990s?
Michael Carter Landownership Inequality and the Income Distribution Consequences of Economic Growth
Daniele Checchi Does Educational Achievement Help Explain Income Inequality?
Robert Eastwood and
Michael Lipton		 Rural and Urban Income and Poverty: Does Convergence between Sectors Offset Divergence within Them?
Part III. Recent Factors Influencing the Distribution of Income
Ajit Singh and
Rahul Dhumale		 Globalization, Technology and Income Inequality: A Critical Analysis
Lance Taylor External Liberalization, Economic Performance and Distribution in Latin America and Elsewhere
Rolph van der Hoeven and
Catherine Saget		 Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequality: What are the New Insights after the Washington Consensus?
Anthony B. Atkinson Increased Income Inequality in OECD Countries and the Redistributive Impact of the Government Budget
Ke-young Chu
Hamid Davoodi
Sanjeev Gupta		 Income Distribution and Tax and Government Social-Spending Policies in Developing Countries
Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Sanjay Reddy		 The Impact of Adjustment-Related Social Funds on Income Distribution and Poverty
Part IV. Country Case Studies
Raghbendra Jha Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped?
Francisco Rodríguez Factor Shares and Resource Booms: Accounting for the Evolution of Venezuelan Inequality
Erinc Yeldan The Impact of Financial Liberalization and the Rise of Financial Rents on Income Inequality: The Case of Turkey
Carolyn Jenkins
Lynne Thomas		 The Changing Nature of Inequality in South Africa
Isra Sarntisart Growth, Structural Change, and Inequality: The Experience of Thailand 405