Inequality in Asia and the Pacific

Trends, drivers, and policy implications
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-415-82865-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 782 g

Asia’s rapid economic growth has led to a significant reduction in extreme poverty, but accompanied by rising inequality. This book deals with three questions: What have been the trends of inequality in Asia and the Pacific? What are the key drivers of rising inequality in the region? How should Asian countries respond to the rising inequality? Technological change, globalization, and market-oriented reform have been the key drivers of Asia’s remarkable growth and poverty reduction, but they have also had significant distribution consequences. These three drivers of growth cannot be hindered because they are the sources of productivity improvement and betterment of quality of life. This book will be useful to those interested in policy options that could be deployed by Asian countries in confronting rising inequality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rhee, Changyong

Zhuang, Juzhong

Kanbur, Ravi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, and Ravi Kanbur Part A: Regional Overview and Synthesis 2. Asia’s Income Inequality: Recent trends, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, Ravi Kanbur and Dalisay Maligalig 3. What Drives Asia's Rising Inequality?, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, and Ravi Kanbur 4. Inequality of Human Opportunities in Developing Asia,Hyun H. Son5. Confronting Asia's Rising Inequality: Policy options, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, Ravi Kanbur and Jesus Felipe Part B: Background Studies 6. Inclusive Growth and Gender Inequality in Asia's Labor Markets, Yan van der Meulen Rodgersand Joseph Zveglich, Jr.7. Structural Change and Inequality: A conceptual overview withreference to developing Asia, Joshua Aizenman, Minsoo Lee, and Donghyun Park 8. Institutions and Economic Inequality in Asia: Disentangling policy and political structure, John V.C. Nye 9. Government Fiscal Policies and Redistribution in Asian Countries, Iris Claus, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Violeta Vulovic 10. Commitment to Equity: A diagnostic framework to assess governments’ fiscal policies, Nora Lustig and Sean Higgins 11. Growth Policy/Strategy and Inequality in Developing Asia, Hyun-Hoon Lee, Minsoo Lee, and Donghyun Park 12. A Note on the Middle Class in Latin America,Nancy Birdsall 13. Urbanization and Inequality in Asia, Ravi Kanbur and Juzhong Zhuang 14. Inequality in Southeast Asia, Aekapol Chongvilaivan 15. Income Inequality and Redistributive Policy in the People’s Republic of China, Shi Li, Guanghua Wan, and Juzhong Zhuang 16. Drivers of Inequality in Pakistan, Talat Anwar 17. Accounting for Inequality in India: Evidence from Household Expenditures, J. Salcedo Cain, Rana Hasan, Rhoda Magsombol, and Ajay Tandon

Über Autor(innen)

Ravi Kanbur is T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Cambridge and a doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford. Dr. Kanbur has served on the staff of the World Bank and as Director of the World Bank's World Development Report.
Changyong Rhee is the Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is the chief spokesperson for ADB on economic and development trends, and oversees the Economics and Research Department, which publishes ADB’s flagship knowledge products. Dr. Rhee has over 20 years of professional experience as an economist, financial adviser, and academic. He was the Secretary General and Sherpa of the Presidential Committee for the 2010 G-20 Seoul Summit, as well as Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Korea. Dr. Rhee obtained his PhD in Economics from Harvard University, and his bachelor's degree in Economics from Seoul National University.
Juzhong Zhuang joined ADB in 1997 and is currently Deputy Chief Economist. His recent research focuses on various development issues in Asia, including growth, poverty and inequality, structural transformation, the economics of climate change, and the Chinese economy. From 1992 to 1997, he was a research officer of the Development Economics Research Program at the London School of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Manchester.