{"product_id":"falling-inequality-in-latin-america-giovanni-andrea-cornia-9780198701804","title":"Falling Inequality in Latin America: Policy Changes and Lessons","description":"The volume aims to document and explain the sizeable decline of income inequality that has taken place in Latin America during the 2000s. It does so through an exploration of inequality changes in six representative countries, and ten policy chapters dealing with macroeconomics, foreign trade, \u003cbr\u003etaxation, labour market, human capital formation, and social assistance, which point to the emergence of a 'new policy model'. The volume addresses a major issue in economic development with profound implications for many developing regions and those OECD countries mired in a long-lasting financial\u003cbr\u003ecrisis and economic stagnation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor at least the last quarter of the twentieth century, Latin America suffered from low growth, rising inequality, and frequent financial crises. However, since the turn of the century, growth accelerated, inequality declined, poverty fell, and macroeconomic stability improved, all this in parallel\u003cbr\u003eto the spread of centre-left political regimes in three quarters of the region. This inequality decline has taken many by surprise as, for a long time, the region has been a symbol of a deeply entrenched unequal distribution of assets, incomes, and opportunities, limited or no state redistribution, \u003cbr\u003eand a deeply embedded authoritarianism enforcing an unjust status quo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe recent Latin American experience is particularly valuable as inequality was reduced under open economy conditions and in a period of intensifying global integration, which have often been considered as a source of rising inequality. In this sense, however imperfect, the recent Latin American\u003cbr\u003eexperience may be of interest to countries completing their transition to the market and liberal democracy (as in the former socialist countries of Europe), facing a political transition (as those affected by the Arab Spring, Myanmar and countries in sub-Saharan Africa), or recording rises in\u003cbr\u003einequality and social tensions in spite of rapid economic growth (as in China and India). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil recently there was not much agreement on the drivers of the inequality decline in the region, which was attributed to changes in the supply\/demand of skilled workers, improvements in terms of trade, the spread of social assistance schemes, or 'luck'. In this respect, the volume offers the\u003cbr\u003efirst scholarly and systematic exploration of this unexpected change. As income inequality has been rising and is currently rising in many parts of the world, a good understanding of the Latin American experience over the 2000s is a topic that will inform and generate a lot of attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giovanni Andrea Cornia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198701802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198701804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 313","brand":"Giovanni Andrea Cornia","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001085870335,"sku":"9780198701804","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_455afd79-3a14-4ce8-8d1f-3c1f33837053.jpg?v=1751600022","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/falling-inequality-in-latin-america-giovanni-andrea-cornia-9780198701804","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}