Journal of Economic Literature - Book Review

Equity and Growth in a Globalizing World by Ravi Kanbur and Michael Spence

Published By: Commission on Growth and Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8180-9
Date of Publication: 2010

Homi Kharas of Brookings Institution reviews "Equity and Growth in a Globalizing World" edited by Ravi Kanbur and Michael Spence. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins "Ten papers, most originally presented at workshops organized by the Commission on Growth and Development, examine a range of questions on equity within and between nations in the context of a globalizing world. Papers discuss the millennium development goals--an assessment; globalization, growth, and distribution--framing the questions; investment efficiency and the distribution of wealth; gender equality, poverty reduction, and growth--a Copernican quest; inequality of opportunity for education--Turkey; the (indispensable) middle class in developing countries; outlining a research agenda on the links between globalization and poverty; global wage inequality and the international flow of migrants; international migration and development; and globalization and a freer movement of labor. Kanbur is T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. Spence is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Index."

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Homi Kharas of Brookings Institution

F02: International Economic Order
F22: International Migration
O10: Economic Development: General
O47: Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
O50: Economywide Country Studies: General