No growth without equity? [electronic resource] : inequality, interests, and competition in Mexico / Santiago Levy and Michael Walton, editors.
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 ce...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Basingstoke ; New York :
World Bank ; Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Series: | Equity and development series.
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "This book is based on papers originally presented at a conference held in Mexico City on November 27-28, 2006"--Page xvii |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 449 pages) : illustrations, charts. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821377680 082137768X 9780821377673 9780821377697 0821377671 0821377698 1282012568 9781282012561 9786612012563 6612012560 |