Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty / Edition 1

by Ashoka Mody, Catherine Pattillo

Overview

In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going beyond the traditional literature on poverty, this original book deals with themes of broad interest to both scholars and policymakers in a clear yet technically sophisticated manner.

Departing from conventional methods employed in poverty studies, these innovative essays enquire into the institutional characteristics of poverty, and using current case studies, they examine the crucial idea that periods of crises seriously affect poverty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415700719
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/15/2005
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy , #53
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ashoka Mody is at the International Monetary Fund. Prior to joining the IMF in 2001, he worked at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and the World Bank.

Table of Contents

Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction, , I. Issues in Macroeconomics and Poverty, Can Public Policies Affect Poverty? An Overview by Ashoka Mody and Catherine Pattillo, Chapter: 1: Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research by Ratna Sahay, Paul Cashin, Paolo Mauro and Catherine Pattillo, Chapter 2: Evaluating the Poverty Impact of Economic Policies: Some Analytical Challenges by Francois Bourguignon, Luiz Pereira da Silva and Nicholas Stern., Chapter 3: Trade, Growth, and Poverty: A Selective Survey by Andrew Berg and Anne Krueger, II. Public Finances, Chapter 4: Odious Debt by Seema Jayachandran and Michael Kremer, Chapter 5: Aid and Fiscal Management by Aleš Bulír and Timothy Lane , Chapter 6: Who is Protected? On the Incidence of Fiscal Adjustment by Martin Ravallion, Chapter 7: Understanding the Evolution of Inequality During Transition: The Optimal Income Taxation Framework by Ravi Kanbur and Matti Tuomala, III. Finance and Trade, Chapter 8: Evaluation of Financial Liberalization: A General Equilibrium Model with Constrained Occupation Choice by Xavier Giné and Robert M. Townsend, Chapter 9: Trade Reforms and Income Inequality in Colombia by Orazio Attanasio, Pinelopi Goldberg, and Nina Pavcnik. , IV. Crises and Shocks, Chapter 10: Financial Crises, Poverty, and Income Distribution by Emanuele Baldacci, Luiz de Mello, and Gabriela Inchauste , Chapter 11: Growth and Shocks: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia by Stefan Dercon , Chapter 12: Economic Shocks, Wealth, and Welfare by Elizabeth Frankenberg, James P. Smith, and Duncan Thomas