The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution: Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques and Tools

Herausgeber: Pereira Da Silva, Luiz A.; Bussolo, Maurizio; Bourguignon, François

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume assembles methodologies and techniques to evaluate the poverty impact of macroeconomic policies. It deals with evaluating the impact of macro-economic policies or shocks on poverty and income distribution using cutting-edge approaches, presenting a comprehensive array of modern micro-simulation techniques.

Produktdetails

• Equity and Development
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK / World Bank Publications
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780821372685
• ISBN-10: 0821372688
• Artikelnr.: 22948024

Autorenporträt

FRANCOIS BOURGUIGNON is Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist at the World Bank, USA. He is a specialist in the economics of development, public policy, economic growth, income distribution and inequality. As the World Bank's Senior Vice-President for Development Economics and Chief Economist since October 2003, he provides intellectual leadership and direction to the Bank's overall development strategy and economic research agenda, at global, regional and country levels. As a member of the Bank's senior management team he advises the President and Bank's management on economic issues. LUIZ PEREIRA DA SILVA has been working for the government of Brazil since 2004, as Secretary of State for International Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, and as Chief Economist in the Ministry of Budget and Planning. Before that, he held a lead economist position in the Research Department of the World Bank, and his areas of work are macroeconomic modelling of financial crises and poverty. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris-I (Sorbonne). He has worked for the French central statistical office (INSEE) and the governments of South Africa, Brazil and Japan, and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. MAURIZIO BUSSOLO is a Senior Economist in the Global Trends team of the Development Prospects Group of the World Bank, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Evaluating the Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty
and Income Distribution; F.Bourguignon, M.Bussolo& L.A.P.da Silva PART I:
TOP-DOWN APPROACH AND MICRO ACCOUNTING Winners and Losers from Trade Reform
in Morocco; M.Ravalllion& M.Lokshin Trade Options for Latin America: A
Poverty Assessment Using a Top-Down Macro-Micro Modeling Framework;
M.Bussolo, J.Lay, D.Medvedev& D.van der Mensbrugghe PART II: TOP-DOWN
APPROACH WITH BEHAVIOURAL MICRO SIMULATIONS Examining the Social Impact of
the Indonesian Financial Crisis Using a Macro-Micro Model; A.-S.Robilliard,
F.Bourguignon& S.Robinson Can the Distributional Impacts of Macroeconomic
Shocks Be Predicted? A Comparison of Top-Down Macro-Micro Models with
Historical Data for Brazil; F.H.G.Ferreira, P.G.Leite, L.A.P.da Silva&
P.Picchetti PART III: MACRO-MICRO INTEGRATED TECHNIQUES Distributional
Effects of Trade Reform: An Integrated Macro-Micro Model Applied to the
Philippines; F.Bourguignon & L.Savard Simulating Targeted Policies with
Macro Impacts: Poverty Alleviation Policies in Madagascar; D.Cogneau&
A.-S.Robilliard Wealth-Constrained Occupation Choice and the Impact of
Financial Reforms on the Distribution of Income and Macro Growth; X.Gin¿&
R.M.Townsend PART IV: NONINCOME POVERTY AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPPORTUNITIES:
A MACRO-MDG APPROACH WITH DISAGGREGATED PUBLIC SPENDING Aid, Service
Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economywide Framework;
F.Bourguignon, C.Diaz-Bonilla& H.Lofgren Conclusion: Remaining Important
Issues in Macro-Micro Modeling; F.Bourguignon, M.Bussolo& L.A.P.da Silva