François Bourguignon

Why national and international equality matter and what we can do to ensure a fairer world In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Exploring globalization's role in the evolution of inequality, Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to the decrease in inequality between nations, the increase in inequality within nations, and the policies that might moderate inequality’s negative effects. Demonstrating that in a globalized world it becomes harder to separate out the factors leading to domestic or international inequality, Bourguignon examines each trend through a variety of sources, and looks at how these inequalities sometimes balance each other out or reinforce one another. Factoring in the most recent economic crisis, Bourguignon investigates why inequality in some countries has dropped back to levels that have not existed for several decades, and he asks if these should be considered in the context of globalization or if they are in fact specific to individual nations. Ultimately, Bourguignon argues that it will be up to countries in the developed and developing world to implement better policies, even though globalization limits the scope for some potential redistributive instruments. An informed and original contribution to the current debates about inequality, this book will be essential reading for anyone who is interested in the future of the world economy.

The Globalization of Inequality

Boris Pleskovic

This book provides profiles of over 50 countries with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance, all in one handy, pocketsized volume. A must have for anyone interested in today's development challenges in subSaharan Africa.

Rethinking Infrastructure for Development

La mondialisation de l'inégalité

Jean-Marie Baland

Jean-Philippe Platteau

Thierry Verdier

The definitive reference on the most current economics of development and institutions The essential role that institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognized across the social sciences, including in economics. Academic and policy interest in this subject has never been higher. The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions is the first to bring together in one single volume the most cutting-edge work in this area by the best-known international economists. The volume’s editors, themselves leading scholars in the discipline, provide a comprehensive introduction, and the stellar contributors offer up-to-date analysis into institutional change and its interactions with the dynamics of economic development. This book focuses on three critical issues: the definitions of institutions in order to argue for a causal link to development, the complex interplay between formal and informal institutions, and the evolution and coevolution of institutions and their interactions with the political economy of development. Topics examined include the relationship between institutions and growth, educational systems, the role of the media, and the intersection between traditional systems of patronage and political institutions. Each chapter—covering the frontier research in its area and pointing to new areas of research—is the product of extensive workshopping on the part of the contributors. The definitive reference work on this topic, The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions will be essential for academics, researchers, and professionals working in the field.

The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions

Annotation Presents selected papers from the 16th Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in May 2004. It reviews the lessons of 60 years of development experience, addressing topics such as infrastructure, behavioural economics, trade, poverty, and globalization.

Lessons of Experience

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2005

J. van der Gaag

The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together the world's finest development thinkers to present their perspectives and ideas. In recent years, a parallel, second conference has been held in Europe with the same goal of expanding the flow of ideas between thinkers, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of international development. This title presents selected papers from the seventh annual ABCDE - Europe meetings, held May 2005 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Securing Development in an Unstable World

Depuis les années 1960, l’essor de certains pays, en Asie notamment, a contribué à masquer le faible développement de l’Amérique latine, voire le retard d’autres pays, comme l’Afrique subsaharienne. Aujourd’hui, plus d’un milliard d’habitants dans le monde vivent encore dans la pauvreté. Les acteurs politiques privilégient actuellement la mise en œuvre d’interventions au niveau des populations pauvres plutôt que de politiques macro-économiques et structurelles adaptées. François Bourguignon entreprend d’interroger le bien-fondé de ce choix, d’évaluer les savoirs acquis et d’identifier la nature des contraintes politiques dans le contexte de la mondialisation. Chercheur au Centre national de la recherche scientifique et directeur d’études à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, François Bourguignon a également été économiste en chef puis vice-président de la Banque mondiale, et directeur de l’École d’économie de Paris. Il a été professeur invité au Collège de France sur la chaire annuelle Savoirs contre pauvreté pour l’année académique 2013-2014.

Pauvreté et développement dans un monde globalisé

Francisco H. G. Ferreira

Phillippe G. Leite

Cash transfers targeted to poor people, but conditional on some behavior on their part--such as school attendance or regular visits to health care facilities--are being adopted in a growing number of developing countries. Even where ex-post impact evaluations have been conducted, a number of policy-relevant counterfactual questions have remained unanswered. These are questions about the potential impact of changes in program design--such as benefit levels or the choice of the means-test--on both the current welfare and the behavioral response of household members. Bourguignon, Ferreira, and Leite propose a method to simulate the effects of those alternative program designs on welfare and behavior based on microeconometrically estimated models of household behavior. In an application to Brazil's recently introduced federal Bolsa Escola program, the authors find a surprisingly strong effect of the conditionality on school attendance, but a muted impact of the transfers on the reduction of poverty and inequality levels. This paper--a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the impact of policies on the distribution of incomes.

Ex-ante evaluation of conditional cash transfer programs : the case of bolsa escola

"The essential role institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognised and has been closely studied across the social sciences but some of the most high profile work has been done by economists many of whom are included in this collection covering a wide range of topics including the relationship between institutions and growth, educational systems, the role of the media and the intersection between traditional systems of patronage and political institutions. Each chapter covers the frontier research in its area and points to new areas of research and is the product of extensive workshopping and editing. The editors have also written an excellent introduction which brings together the key themes of the handbook. The list of contributors is stellar (Steven Durlauf, Throsten Beck, Bob Allen,and includes a diverse mix of Western and non Western, male and female scholars)"

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