• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Equity and development
  • Other titles: Introduction
    Opening address
    Opening address: inequality of opportunity and economic development
    Keynote address: distribution, equity, and development
    What is equity? What is the role for governments in the promotion of equity? Does the role differ between developed and developing countries?
    Equality of opportunity and other equity principles in the context of developing countries
    What is equity?
    Should poor people really care about inequality?
    Equity-enhancing social transformation: historical evidence from Europe and transition countries
    Income inequality, economic transformation, and growth in Russia
    Justice and transition
    Building efficient welfare states: lessons learned
    Global inequalities: what can be done to reduce international inequities?
    Rising labor force participation as a source of pro-poor growth
    What will greater integration mean for inequalities between and within the richer and poorer countries of the "New Europe"?
    Integration and inequality in the EU accession countries
  • Contains: Introduction / Gudrun Kochendörfer-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 / François Bourguignon
    What is equity? What is the role for governments in the promotion of equity? Does the role differ between developed and developing countries? / 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 / Calres Boix
    Income inequality, economic transformation, and growth in Russia / Evgeny Gavrilenkov
    Justice and transition / Vladimir Gligorov
    Building efficient welfare states: lessons learned / Rolph van der Hoeven
    Global inequalities: what can be done to reduce international inequities? / 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"? / Kemal Dervis
    Integration and inequality in the EU accession countries / Jan Svejnar.
  • Contributor: Pleskovic, Boris [Other]; Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun [Other]
  • Corporation: Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh ; World Bank
  • imprint: Washington, D.C; [Berlin, Germany]: Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh, c2006
    Online-Ausg.
  • Published in: Berlin Workshop series ; 2006
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (vii, 214 p); ill; 26 cm
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0821361058; 0821361066; 9780821361054
  • Keywords: Economic development Congresses ; Equity Developing countries Congresses ; Developing countries Economic conditions Congresses
  • Reproductino series: World Bank E-Library Archive
  • Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.
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  • Footnote: "The articles in this volume were presented at the seventh annual Berlin Workshop, held September 6-9, 2004"--P. 1
    Includes bibliographical references