Equity and development / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic.
Material type: TextSeries: Berlin Workshop series ; 2006 | World Bank e-LibraryPublisher: Washington, D.C. : [Berlin, Germany] : World Bank ; Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh, c2006Description: vii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 0821361058
- 0821361066 (eISBN)
- 9780821361054
- HC59.7 .B3888 2004
"The articles in this volume were presented at the seventh annual Berlin Workshop, held September 6-9, 2004"--P. 1.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic -- Opening address / Michael Hofman -- Opening address : inequality of opportunity and economic development / Francisco Ferreira and Michael Walton -- Keynote address : distribution, equity, and development / Francois Bourguignon -- What is equity? What is the role for governments in the promotion of equity? Does the role differ between developed and developing countries? -- Promoting equity through social cohesion : the Council of Europe strategy / Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni -- Equality of opportunity and other equity principles in the context of developing countries / Dennis Cogneau -- What is equity? / Stephan Klasen -- Should poor people really care about inequality? / Martin Ravallion -- Equity-enhancing social transformation : historical evidence from Europe and transition countries -- Inequality and political regimes / Calres Boix -- Income inequality, economic transformation, and growth in Russia / Evgeny Gavrilenkov -- Justice and transition / Vladimir Gligorov -- Building efficient welfare states : lessons learned -- Welfare state, redistribution, growth, and poverty reduction / Rolph van der Hoeven -- Global inequalities : what can be done to reduce international inequities? -- Rights-based development / Jeremy Hobbs -- Rising labor force participation as a source of pro-poor growth / Andrew Warner -- What will greater integration mean for inequalities between and within the richer and poorer countries of the "New Europe"? -- Social solidarity in an expanding Europe / Kemal Dervis -- Integration and inequality in the EU accession countries / Jan Svejnar.
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