| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 449 pages) : illustrations, charts |
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Equity and development series |
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Equity and development series.
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| Contents |
Equity and development : political economy considerations / François Bourguignon and Sébastien Dessus -- Saving growth from unequal influence / Raghuram G. Rajan -- The political economy of equality and growth in Mexico : lessons from the history of the United States / James A. Robinson -- The inequality trap and its links to low growth in Mexico / Isabel Guerrero, Luis Felipe López-Calva, Michael Walton -- Perverse equilibria : unsuitable but durable institutions / Carlos Elizondo Mayer-Serra -- Social security reform in Mexico : for whom? / Santiago Levy -- Mexican labor markets : protection, productivity, and power / William F. Maloney -- Why banks do not lend : the Mexican financial system / Stephen Haber -- Competition and equity in telecommunications / Rafael del Villar -- Priorities for telecommunications reform in Mexico / Roger G. Noll -- The governance of Mexico's oil industry / Adrián Lajous |
| Summary |
Equity and growth are central concerns for development. They are often treated as separate questions, both in economic and social analysis and development policy. This separation is neither good theory nor good practice. This book examines the relationship between equity and growth in Mexico. The central thesis is that Mexico's poor growth performance of the last twenty five years is intimately linked to inequity. Specific inequalities in power, wealth, and status have created and sustained economic institutions and polices that both tend to perpetuate these inequalities and are sources of ine |
| Analysis |
Economic development -- Mexico |
| Notes |
"This book is based on papers originally presented at a conference held in Mexico City on November 27-28, 2006"--Page xvii |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Income distribution -- Mexico -- Congresses
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Economic development -- Mexico -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Economic development
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Income distribution
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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Ungleichheit
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Mexico
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Mexiko
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Levy, Santiago.
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Walton, Michael, 1953-
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World Bank.
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| LC no. |
2008044234 |
| ISBN |
9780821377680 |
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082137768X |
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9780821377673 |
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9780821377697 |
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0821377671 |
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0821377698 |
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1282012568 |
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9781282012561 |
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9786612012563 |
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6612012560 |
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