Macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction / 
edited by Ashoka Mody and Catherine Pattilo. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Routledge studies in the modern world economy ;  53 .
 - Routledge studies in the modern world economy ;  53. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; List of tables; List of contributors; PART I Issues in macroeconomics and poverty; Can public policies lower poverty? An overview; 1 Macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction: stylized facts and an overview of research; 2 Evaluating the poverty impact of economic policies: some analytical challenges; 3 Trade, growth, and poverty: a selective survey; PART II Public finances; 4 Odious debt; 5 Aid and fiscal management 6 Who is protected? On the incidence of fiscal adjustment7 Understanding the evolution of inequality during transition: the optimal income taxation framework; PART III Finance and trade; 8 Evaluation of financial liberalization: a general equilibrium model with constrained occupation choice; 9 Trade reforms and wage inequality in Colombia; PART IV Crises and shocks; 10 Financial crises, poverty, and income distribution; 11 Growth and shocks: evidence from rural Ethiopia; 12 Economic shocks, wealth, and welfare; Index 
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<br/><br/> In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going beyond the traditional literature on poverty, this original book deals with themes of broad interest to both scholars and policymakers in a clear yet technically sophisticated manner. Departing from conventional methods employed in poverty studies, these innovative essays enquire into the institut. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781135994570 1135994579 1135994587 9781135994587 1280313889 9781280313882 9786610313884 6610313881 0203005805 9780203005804 9781135994532 1135994536 9780415649827 041564982X 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9780203005804  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Standard Tech. Report. No.: </label>MYILIB_CUp 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020690893 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poverty--Developing countries.<br/>Economic stabilization--Developing countries.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Economic Conditions.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--Macroeconomics.<br/>Economic policy.<br/>Economic stabilization.<br/>Poverty.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Developing countries--Economic policy.<br/>Developing countries.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC59.72.P6 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.4/6