TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nallari,Raj
AU  - Griffith,Breda
ED  - World Bank.
TI  - Understanding growth and poverty: theory, policy, and empirics 
T2  - Directions in development. Poverty
SN  - 9780821369531
AV  - HC79.P6 N35 2011
U1  - 339.46 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Development economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note; pt. I; Poverty, National Income, and Economic Growth --; ch. 1; Poverty and How We Measure It --; Poverty and Well-Being --; Measuring Poverty --; Collecting Data --; Household Surveys and National Accounts --; Conclusion --; Note --; Bibliography --; ch. 2; National Income and How We Measure It --; Macroeconomic Sectors --; Macroeconomic Concepts --; Determining Gross Domestic Product --; The Business Cycle --; The Balance of Payments --; Some Basic Accounting Relationships --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 3; Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: An Overview --; Growth Theory, Then and Now --; Institutions and Modern Growth Theory --; Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction --; Variations in Poverty Responses to Growth --; Pro-Poor Growth --; Conclusion --; Note --; Bibliography --; pt. II; Government Policy, Growth, and the Poor; Ch. 4; Government and the Economy -- Focus on Fiscal Policy --; The Role of Government in the Economy --; Fiscal Policy: Taxing and Spending --; The Uses of Fiscal Policy --; Conclusion --; Note --; Bibliography --; ch. 5; Monetary Policy, Inflation, and Exchange Rates --; Definitions and Concepts --; Inflation --; Inflation and Economic Growth --; Inflation and the Poor --; Exchange-Rate Policy --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 6; Financial Development --; Financial Development and Economic Growth --; Four Decades of Financial Sector Reform in Developing Countries --; Financial Development and Poverty Reduction --; Widening Access to Financial Services --; Microfinance and the Poor --; Emigrant Remittances --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 7; Development Assistance --; Aid Sources and Trends --; Aid in the Context of Overall Capital Flows --; Does Aid Spur Economic Growth? --; Ensuring That More Aid Means More Growth; International Initiatives to Improve the Effectiveness of Aid --; Conclusion --; Annex The Five Principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 8; External Debt --; Measures of External Indebtedness --; External Indebtedness, Growth, and Poverty --; Debt Relief and Low-Income Countries --; Debt Relief versus Development Assistance --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 9; Trade Policy --; The Rationale for Trade --; Trade Barriers --; Trade and Economic Growth --; Trade, Inequality, and the Poor --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; pt. III; Factor Accumulation and Structural Policy --; ch. 10; Institutions and Growth --; Measures of Institutional Quality --; Institutions and Economic Growth --; Social Capital and Culture --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 11; Education --; Education, Growth, and Poverty Reduction --; Global Education Initiatives --; Development Assistance for Education --; What Do We Know about Educational Policy? --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography; Ch. 12; Health --; Macroeconomics and Health --; Health and Economic Growth --; Macroeconomic Policy and Health --; Beyond GDP --; Investing in Health --; Global Health Initiatives --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 13; Labor Markets --; Labor-Friendly Economic Growth --; Labor Markets in Developing Countries --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 14; Land and Agriculture --; Land Distribution in Poor Countries --; Land Inequality and Rural Poverty --; Land Inequality and Economic Development --; The Role of Government in Land Markets --; The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Rural Poverty --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 15; Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Productivity --; Total Factor Productivity --; Spending on Research and Development --; Technology Diffusion and Adoption --; Information and Communication Technology --; Are Entrepreneurship and Growth Linked? --; Entrepreneurial Activity arid Growth --; Policy Implications --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography; Ch. 16; Urbanization and Growth --; Trends in Urbanization --; Urbanization and Growth --; Urbanization and Poverty --; Key Issues in Urbanization --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 17; Corruption and Poverty --; Detection and Measurement of Corruption --; Analytical Framework for the Study of Corruption --; Causes of Corruption --; Costs and Benefits of Corruption --; Impact of Corruption on Economic Performance --; Persistence of Corruption --; Conclusion --; Note --; Bibliography --; ch. 18; Regulation and Economic Growth --; Product-Market Regulation --; Labor Regulation --; Regulation and the Private Sector --; Financial Regulation --; Policy Lessons from the Recent Crisis --; Regulation and Reform of the Infrastructure Sector --; Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 19; Shocks, Volatility, and Growth --; Avoiding Economic Downturns --; Interdependence of North and South --; The Synchronized Movement of Developed and Developing Countries; The Complexity of North-South Links --; Monetary Policies and Capital Flows --; North-South Capital Flows --; Globalization, Volatility, and Growth --; The Financial Crisis of 2008 and Global Growth --; Growth Booms --; The Microeconomic Foundations of Growth --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 20; The Politics of Growth and Poverty --; Political Power and Economic Institutions --; Economic Origins of Political Regimes --; Do Democratic Countries Grow Faster than Dictatorships? --; The Interplay of Politics and Economics --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; ch. 21; Climate Change and the Wealth of Nations --; National Wealth and Genuine Saving --; Consumption Saving, and a Counterfactual to the Hartwick Rule --; How Does Natural Capital Affect Well-Being? --; High Carbon, High Growth --; Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change --; Conclusion --; Annex Empirical Evidence of the Causes of Growth --; Notes --; Bibliography
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