Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa

Growth and Inequality (eBook, PDF)

The Contrasting Trajectories of India and Brazil

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Produktbeschreibung

Inequality is a global concern, for its social and human consequences, and its impact on the pace and pattern of economic growth. In India and Brazil, this issue has received increasing attention in recent years. In Brazil, inequality grew until the 1980s, when it reached extreme levels, but has since been declining, especially during the first decade of the twenty-first century. In India, inequality showed little change up to the 1980s, but has since been rising. These differences result from a variety of economic, social and political factors, which are examined in depth in this comparative study. The book examines inequality in overall distributions of income and expenditure, and disparities across gender, region, caste, race, and access to education. It compares the experience of the two countries, and draws conclusions on the types of policy frameworks and institutions that might lead to a more equitable pattern of growth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108588874
• Artikelnr.: 51229852

Autorenporträt

Alexandre Barbosa is Professor of Economic History and International Economics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. His research interests include the study of inequality and the labour market in Brazil, both in the present and in the past; the role of developmentalism in Brazilian economic history; and Brazil's pattern of economic international integration, particularly the impact of the rise of China and the potential of South-South cooperation.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
List of graphs and maps
Preface and acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Brazil and India: a mirror image of each other?
2. Approach and method 3. India and Brazil in the decades
4. India and Brazil from 1980 until the present
5. Key divides and cleavages: ruptures, continuities, or adaptation?
6. Inequality in social and economic context
7. Post-script
Index.