Spatial Disparities in Human Development: Perspectives from Asia - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9280811223 ISBN 13: 9789280811223

Publisher: United Nations University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book focuses on issues of poverty and inequality that are directly related to the Millennium Development Goals. It addresses a wide range of issues, including interlinkages between conflict and inequality, poverty mapping, and the causes and consequences of inequality. It applies the latest research techniques, such as regression-based decomposition, poverty decomposition, and computable general equilibrium models. The authors examine spatial disparities in areas including China, Russia, and Central Asian countries. Containing theoretical and empirical contributions by some of the most prominent economists in the area of inequality and development studies, this book will be of interests to economists, sociologists, and policymakers in Asia and elsewhere.

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About the Author

Ravi Kanbur is the T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs and professor of economics at Cornell University. Anthony J.Venables is chief economist in the UK Department for International Development and professor of international economics at the Lo

Review

"The papers in this volume represent economists' great efforts to achieve a better understanding and measurement of rising regional disparities facing Asian economies. Its theoretical and methodological contents make this book of much value to both students of economics and to policymakers in developing Asia." —Zhang Jun, China Centre for Economic Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

"Kanbur, Venables and Wan make an important contribution by bringing together a collection of articles that discuss not only methodological issues in measuring regional disparities but also empirical evidence from small and large countries of Asia. Of interest are the varied explanations of what causes these inequalities that will no doubt be useful for policymakers and practitioners dealing with development issues." —Brinda Viswanathan, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India

"The great value of this book comes from comparing, through detailed analysis, the problems of regional inequality and poverty in different Asian countries. Spatial inequality is of interest in its own right, but the topic of the book takes on an added significance when spatial and regional divisions align with political and ethnic tensions to undermine social and political stability. With contributions from leading regional scientists and economists, this book also examines the policy experience of Asian countries in closing regional gaps and the effectiveness of public interventions in this field." —Jussi Pakkasvirta, Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland

About this edition

• Publisher: United Nations University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 9280811223
• ISBN 13: 9789280811223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Kanbur Ravi, Venables Anthony J., Wan Guanghua