Understanding growth and poverty
Subtitle: theory, policy, and empirics
By: Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith
Contributors: Griffith, Breda; World Bank
Series: Directions in development. Poverty
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780821369531; 9780821369548
Subjects: Development economics; Poverty; Economic development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: -- pt. I; title: Poverty, National Income, and Economic Growth -- -- ch. 1; title: Poverty and How We Measure It --; title: Poverty and Well-Being --; title: Measuring Poverty --; title: Collecting Data --; title: Household Surveys and National Accounts --; title: Conclusion --; title: Note --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 2; title: National Income and How We Measure It --; title: Macroeconomic Sectors --; title: Macroeconomic Concepts --; title: Determining Gross Domestic Product --; title: The Business Cycle --; title: The Balance of Payments --; title: Some Basic Accounting Relationships --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 3; title: Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: An Overview --; title: Growth Theory, Then and Now --; title: Institutions and Modern Growth Theory --; title: Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction --; title: Variations in Poverty Responses to Growth --; title: Pro-Poor Growth --; title: Conclusion --; title: Note --; title: Bibliography -- -- pt. II; title: Government Policy, Growth, and the Poor; title: Ch. 4; title: Government and the Economy -- Focus on Fiscal Policy --; title: The Role of Government in the Economy --; title: Fiscal Policy: Taxing and Spending --; title: The Uses of Fiscal Policy --; title: Conclusion --; title: Note --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 5; title: Monetary Policy, Inflation, and Exchange Rates --; title: Definitions and Concepts --; title: Inflation --; title: Inflation and Economic Growth --; title: Inflation and the Poor --; title: Exchange-Rate Policy --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 6; title: Financial Development --; title: Financial Development and Economic Growth --; title: Four Decades of Financial Sector Reform in Developing Countries --; title: Financial Development and Poverty Reduction --; title: Widening Access to Financial Services --; title: Microfinance and the Poor --; title: Emigrant Remittances --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 7; title: Development Assistance --; title: Aid Sources and Trends --; title: Aid in the Context of Overall Capital Flows --; title: Does Aid Spur Economic Growth? --; title: Ensuring That More Aid Means More Growth; title: International Initiatives to Improve the Effectiveness of Aid --; title: Conclusion --; title: Annex The Five Principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 8; title: External Debt --; title: Measures of External Indebtedness --; title: External Indebtedness, Growth, and Poverty --; title: Debt Relief and Low-Income Countries --; title: Debt Relief versus Development Assistance --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 9; title: Trade Policy --; title: The Rationale for Trade --; title: Trade Barriers --; title: Trade and Economic Growth --; title: Trade, Inequality, and the Poor --; title: Conclusion --; title: Bibliography -- -- pt. III; title: Factor Accumulation and Structural Policy -- -- ch. 10; title: Institutions and Growth --; title: Measures of Institutional Quality --; title: Institutions and Economic Growth --; title: Social Capital and Culture --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 11; title: Education --; title: Education, Growth, and Poverty Reduction --; title: Global Education Initiatives --; title: Development Assistance for Education --; title: What Do We Know about Educational Policy? --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography; title: Ch. 12; title: Health --; title: Macroeconomics and Health --; title: Health and Economic Growth --; title: Macroeconomic Policy and Health --; title: Beyond GDP --; title: Investing in Health --; title: Global Health Initiatives --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 13; title: Labor Markets --; title: Labor-Friendly Economic Growth --; title: Labor Markets in Developing Countries --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 14; title: Land and Agriculture --; title: Land Distribution in Poor Countries --; title: Land Inequality and Rural Poverty --; title: Land Inequality and Economic Development --; title: The Role of Government in Land Markets --; title: The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Rural Poverty --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 15; title: Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Productivity --; title: Total Factor Productivity --; title: Spending on Research and Development --; title: Technology Diffusion and Adoption --; title: Information and Communication Technology --; title: Are Entrepreneurship and Growth Linked? --; title: Entrepreneurial Activity arid Growth --; title: Policy Implications --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography; title: Ch. 16; title: Urbanization and Growth --; title: Trends in Urbanization --; title: Urbanization and Growth --; title: Urbanization and Poverty --; title: Key Issues in Urbanization --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 17; title: Corruption and Poverty --; title: Detection and Measurement of Corruption --; title: Analytical Framework for the Study of Corruption --; title: Causes of Corruption --; title: Costs and Benefits of Corruption --; title: Impact of Corruption on Economic Performance --; title: Persistence of Corruption --; title: Conclusion --; title: Note --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 18; title: Regulation and Economic Growth --; title: Product-Market Regulation --; title: Labor Regulation --; title: Regulation and the Private Sector --; title: Financial Regulation --; title: Policy Lessons from the Recent Crisis --; title: Regulation and Reform of the Infrastructure Sector --; title: Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 19; title: Shocks, Volatility, and Growth --; title: Avoiding Economic Downturns --; title: Interdependence of North and South --; title: The Synchronized Movement of Developed and Developing Countries; title: The Complexity of North-South Links --; title: Monetary Policies and Capital Flows --; title: North-South Capital Flows --; title: Globalization, Volatility, and Growth --; title: The Financial Crisis of 2008 and Global Growth --; title: Growth Booms --; title: The Microeconomic Foundations of Growth --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 20; title: The Politics of Growth and Poverty --; title: Political Power and Economic Institutions --; title: Economic Origins of Political Regimes --; title: Do Democratic Countries Grow Faster than Dictatorships? --; title: The Interplay of Politics and Economics --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography -- -- ch. 21; title: Climate Change and the Wealth of Nations --; title: National Wealth and Genuine Saving --; title: Consumption Saving, and a Counterfactual to the Hartwick Rule --; title: How Does Natural Capital Affect Well-Being? --; title: High Carbon, High Growth --; title: Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change --; title: Conclusion --; title: Annex Empirical Evidence of the Causes of Growth --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography.