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UNINA9910777744003321 |
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Titolo |
No growth without equity? : : inequality, interests, and competition in Mexico / / Santiago Levy and Michael Walton, editors |
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Washington, DC : , : World Bank |
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Basingstoke ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2009] |
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copyright 2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-8213-7769-8 |
1-282-01256-8 |
9786612012563 |
0-8213-7768-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxi, 449 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm |
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Collana |
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Equity and Development Series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LevySantiago |
WaltonMichael |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Income distribution - Mexico |
Economic development - Mexico |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This book is based on papers originally presented at a conference held in Mexico City on November 27-28, 2006". |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Equity, Competition, and Growth in Mexico: An Overview; Figures; Tables; Part I: Concepts and International Experience; Part II: Interactions between Equity, Institutions, and Growth in Mexico; Part III: Equity and Core Institutions in Mexico: Social Security, the Labor Market, and Banking; Part IV: How Unequal Structures Hurt Competition in Major Sectors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Equity and growth are central concerns for development. They are often treated as separate questions, both in economic and social analysis and development policy. This separation is neither good theory nor good practice. This book examines the relationship between equity and growth in Mexico. The central thesis is that Mexico's poor growth performance of the last twenty five years is intimately linked to inequity. Specific inequalities in power, wealth, and status have created and sustained economic institutions and polices that both tend to |
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