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100 1 _aNallari, Raj,
_d1955-
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245 1 0 _aUnderstanding growth and poverty :
_btheory, policy, and empirics /
_cRaj Nallari and Breda Griffith.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bWorld Bank,
_cc2011.
300 _axxii, 498 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
490 0 _aDirections in development. Poverty
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _gMachine generated contents note:
_gpt. I
_tPoverty, National Income, and Economic Growth --
_gch. 1
_tPoverty and How We Measure It --
_tPoverty and Well-Being --
_tMeasuring Poverty --
_tCollecting Data --
_tHousehold Surveys and National Accounts --
_tConclusion --
_tNote --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 2
_tNational Income and How We Measure It --
_tMacroeconomic Sectors --
_tMacroeconomic Concepts --
_tDetermining Gross Domestic Product --
_tThe Business Cycle --
_tThe Balance of Payments --
_tSome Basic Accounting Relationships --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 3
_tGrowth, Poverty, and Inequality: An Overview --
_tGrowth Theory, Then and Now --
_tInstitutions and Modern Growth Theory --
_tEconomic Growth and Poverty Reduction --
_tVariations in Poverty Responses to Growth --
_tPro-Poor Growth --
_tConclusion --
_tNote --
_tBibliography --
_gpt. II
_tGovernment Policy, Growth, and the Poor
505 0 0 _gCh. 4
_tGovernment and the Economy -- Focus on Fiscal Policy --
_tThe Role of Government in the Economy --
_tFiscal Policy: Taxing and Spending --
_tThe Uses of Fiscal Policy --
_tConclusion --
_tNote --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 5
_tMonetary Policy, Inflation, and Exchange Rates --
_tDefinitions and Concepts --
_tInflation --
_tInflation and Economic Growth --
_tInflation and the Poor --
_tExchange-Rate Policy --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 6
_tFinancial Development --
_tFinancial Development and Economic Growth --
_tFour Decades of Financial Sector Reform in Developing Countries --
_tFinancial Development and Poverty Reduction --
_tWidening Access to Financial Services --
_tMicrofinance and the Poor --
_tEmigrant Remittances --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 7
_tDevelopment Assistance --
_tAid Sources and Trends --
_tAid in the Context of Overall Capital Flows --
_tDoes Aid Spur Economic Growth? --
_tEnsuring That More Aid Means More Growth
505 0 0 _tInternational Initiatives to Improve the Effectiveness of Aid --
_tConclusion --
_tAnnex The Five Principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 8
_tExternal Debt --
_tMeasures of External Indebtedness --
_tExternal Indebtedness, Growth, and Poverty --
_tDebt Relief and Low-Income Countries --
_tDebt Relief versus Development Assistance --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 9
_tTrade Policy --
_tThe Rationale for Trade --
_tTrade Barriers --
_tTrade and Economic Growth --
_tTrade, Inequality, and the Poor --
_tConclusion --
_tBibliography --
_gpt. III
_tFactor Accumulation and Structural Policy --
_gch. 10
_tInstitutions and Growth --
_tMeasures of Institutional Quality --
_tInstitutions and Economic Growth --
_tSocial Capital and Culture --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 11
_tEducation --
_tEducation, Growth, and Poverty Reduction --
_tGlobal Education Initiatives --
_tDevelopment Assistance for Education --
_tWhat Do We Know about Educational Policy? --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography
505 0 0 _gCh. 12
_tHealth --
_tMacroeconomics and Health --
_tHealth and Economic Growth --
_tMacroeconomic Policy and Health --
_tBeyond GDP --
_tInvesting in Health --
_tGlobal Health Initiatives --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 13
_tLabor Markets --
_tLabor-Friendly Economic Growth --
_tLabor Markets in Developing Countries --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 14
_tLand and Agriculture --
_tLand Distribution in Poor Countries --
_tLand Inequality and Rural Poverty --
_tLand Inequality and Economic Development --
_tThe Role of Government in Land Markets --
_tThe Role of Agriculture in Reducing Rural Poverty --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 15
_tTechnology, Entrepreneurship, and Productivity --
_tTotal Factor Productivity --
_tSpending on Research and Development --
_tTechnology Diffusion and Adoption --
_tInformation and Communication Technology --
_tAre Entrepreneurship and Growth Linked? --
_tEntrepreneurial Activity arid Growth --
_tPolicy Implications --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography
505 0 0 _gCh. 16
_tUrbanization and Growth --
_tTrends in Urbanization --
_tUrbanization and Growth --
_tUrbanization and Poverty --
_tKey Issues in Urbanization --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 17
_tCorruption and Poverty --
_tDetection and Measurement of Corruption --
_tAnalytical Framework for the Study of Corruption --
_tCauses of Corruption --
_tCosts and Benefits of Corruption --
_tImpact of Corruption on Economic Performance --
_tPersistence of Corruption --
_tConclusion --
_tNote --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 18
_tRegulation and Economic Growth --
_tProduct-Market Regulation --
_tLabor Regulation --
_tRegulation and the Private Sector --
_tFinancial Regulation --
_tPolicy Lessons from the Recent Crisis --
_tRegulation and Reform of the Infrastructure Sector --
_tImpact of Regulation on Growth and Informality --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 19
_tShocks, Volatility, and Growth --
_tAvoiding Economic Downturns --
_tInterdependence of North and South --
_tThe Synchronized Movement of Developed and Developing Countries
505 0 0 _tThe Complexity of North-South Links --
_tMonetary Policies and Capital Flows --
_tNorth-South Capital Flows --
_tGlobalization, Volatility, and Growth --
_tThe Financial Crisis of 2008 and Global Growth --
_tGrowth Booms --
_tThe Microeconomic Foundations of Growth --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 20
_tThe Politics of Growth and Poverty --
_tPolitical Power and Economic Institutions --
_tEconomic Origins of Political Regimes --
_tDo Democratic Countries Grow Faster than Dictatorships? --
_tThe Interplay of Politics and Economics --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_gch. 21
_tClimate Change and the Wealth of Nations --
_tNational Wealth and Genuine Saving --
_tConsumption Saving, and a Counterfactual to the Hartwick Rule --
_tHow Does Natural Capital Affect Well-Being? --
_tHigh Carbon, High Growth --
_tMitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change --
_tConclusion --
_tAnnex Empirical Evidence of the Causes of Growth --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography.
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