Resources This book is available in Oxford Scholarship Online - view abstracts and keywords at book and chapter level.
Related Categories
|
|
|
Spatial Inequality and Development
Edited by Ravi Kanbur and Anthony J. Venables
440 pages
|
numerous figures and tables
|
234x156mm
978-0-19-927863-3
|
Hardback
|
03 February 2005
|
|
|
|
|
- Brings together the analytical perspectives of development economics and the new economic geography
- Addresses a problem of growing policy importance that has been neglected to date
- Edited by internationally recognized leaders in development economics and the new economic geography
What exactly is spatial inequality? Why does it matter? And what should be the policy response to it? These questions have become important in recent years as the spatial dimensions of inequality have begun to attract considerable policy interest. In China, Russia, India, Mexico, and South Africa, as well as most other developing and transition economies, spatial and regional inequality - of economic activity, incomes, and social indicators - is on the increase.
Spatial inequality is a dimension of overall inequality, but it has added significance when spatial and regional divisions align with
political and ethnic tensions to undermine social and political stability. Also important in the policy debate is a perceived sense that increasing internal spatial inequality is related to greater openness of economies, and to globalization in general.
Despite these important concerns, there is remarkably little systematic documentation of what has happened to spatial and regional inequality over the last twenty years. Correspondingly, there is insufficient understanding of the determinants of internal spatial inequality.
This volume attempts to answer the questions posed above, drawing on data from twenty-five countries from all regions of the world. They bring together perspectives and expertise in development economics and in economic
geography and form a well-researched introduction to an area of growing analytical and policy importance.
Readership: Academic, researchers, and students in development economics and geography, especially those working on distribution and inequality; policy makers and public and private development agencies.
|
|
|
Edited by Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University, and Anthony J. Venables, London School of Economics Contributors:
Bettina Aten, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington DC, on leave from Bridgewater State College.
Carlos R. Azzoni, University of São Paulo.
Luc Christiaensen, The World Bank.
Donald Davis, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research.
Lionel Demery, independent consultant economist, formerly with the Africa Region of the World Bank.
Chris Elbers, Vrije University,
Amsterdam.
Javier Escobal, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) in Lima.
Michael F. Förster, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research.
Jed Friedman, The World Bank, Washington DC.
Alan Heston, University of Pennsylvania.
David Jesuit, Central Michigan University.
Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University.
Peter Lanjouw, The World Bank Development Research Group, Washington DC.
Songhua Lin, Denison University.
Tatiane Almeida de Menezes, University of Sao Paulo and Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas (FIPE).
Naercio
Menezes-Filho, University of São Paulo and the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Johan Mistiaen, The World Bank Development Research Group, Washington DC.
Oliver Morrissey, University of Nottingham and Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London.
Berk Özler, The World Bank Development Research Group, Washington DC.
Stefano Paternostro, The World Bank Poverty Reduction Group, Washington DC.
Martin Ravallion, The World Bank's Research Department.
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Javier Sánchez-Reaza, CIDE (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas), Mexico City.
Kenneth R. Simler, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University.
Dirk Willem te Velde, Overseas Development Institute, London.
Maximo Torero, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), Lima.
Anthony Venables, London School of Economics and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
David Weinstein, Columbia University.
Ruslan Yemtsov, The World Bank, Washington DC.
|
|
|
"This book, edited by two internationally recognized leaders in development economics and economic geography ... is highly recommended to scholars within peace research - especially those working on distributional issues and violent conflict." - Journal of Peace Research "This volume will be useful to the scholarly community." - Journal of Peace Research May 2006
|
|
|
1: Ravi Kanbur and Anthony J. Venables: Introduction
2: Bettina Aten and Alan Heston: Regional Output Differences in International Perspective
3: Chris Elbers, Peter Lanjouw, Johan Mistiaen, Berk Ozler and Kenneth R. Simler: Are Neighbors Equal? Estimating Local Inequality in Three Developing Countries
4: Donald R. Davis and David E. Weinstein: Market Size, Linkages and Productivity: A Study of Japanese Regions
5: Martin Ravallion: Externalities in Rural Development: Evidence for China
6: Carlos Azzoni, Naercio Menezes-Filho and Tatiane Menezes: Opening the Convergence Black Box: Measurement Problems and Demographic Aspects
7: Javier Escobal and Maximo Torero: Adverse Geography and Differences in Welfare in Peru
8: Jed Friedman: How Responsive is Poverty to Growth? A Regional Analysis of Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Indonesia, 1984-1999
9: Luc Christiaensen, Lionel Demery and Stefano Paternostro: Reforms, Remoteness and Risk in Africa: Understanding Inequality and Poverty During the 1990s
10: Andres Rodriguez-Pose and Javier Sanchez-Reaza: Economic Polarization Through Trade: Trade Liberalization and Regional Growth in Mexico
11: Songhua Lin: International Trade, Location and Wage inequality in China
12: Dirk Willem te Velde and Oliver Morrissey: Spatial Inequality for Manufacturing Wages in Five African Countries
13: Michael Forster, David Jesuit and Timothy Smeeding: Regional Poverty and Income Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study
14: Ruslan Yemtsov: Quo Vadis: Inequality and Poverty Dynamics Across Russian Regions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recently Viewed
|
|
|
An enquiry into the function of the septo-hippocampal system
Jeffrey A. Gray, Neil McNaughton
£49.99
|
|
|
|
|
David Warwick, Roderick Dunn...
£49.99
|
|
|
|
|
Oliver W J Quarrell
£13.99 £3.49
Please note, this offer price only applies to individual customers when ordering direct from Oxford University Press, while stock lasts. No further discounts will apply. If you are a bookseller, please contact your OUP sales representative.
|
|
|
|
|
The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
|
|
