Immiserizing growth : when growth fails the poor /
Immiserizing growth occurs when economic growth fails to benefit, or even harms, the poor. This first book-length examination of this phemonenon combines discussion of the mechanisms of immiserizing growth with empirical data on trends in growth, poverty, and related welfare indicators.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Introduction and overview
- Introduction, Paul Shaffer, Ravi Kanbur, and Richard Sandbrook
- Immiserizing growth: An overview, Paul Shaffer
- Part II: Political economy and politics
- The politics of immiserizing growth: Mexico in comparative perspective, Judith Teichman
- Political settlements and immiserizing growth episodes, Kunal Sen
- Exploring the causes of immiserizing growth: A comparison of pathways, Benjamin Liu, Siyuan Yeo, and John A. Donaldson
- Part III: Case studies
- Richer but not happier: Four areas of reforms in the next phase of development in China, Shang-Jin Wei and Xiaobo Zhang
- Immiserizing growth and poverty dynamics: An assessment of twelve Indian states, Vidya Diwakar, Andy McKay, and Andrew Shepherd
- Has the economy left the children behind? Nutritional immiserization in India, Anjana Thampi
- Maria's paradox: Oil extraction and the misery of missing development alternatives in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Murat Arsel, Lorenzo Pellegrini, and Carlos F. Mena
- Is structural transformation-led economic growth immiserizing or inclusive? The case of Indonesia, Kyunghoon Kim, Andy Sumner, and Arief Anshory Yusuf
- The paradox of persistent poverty amid high growth: The case of Nigeria, Rasaki Stephen Dauda