The impact of macroeconomic policies on poverty and income distribution : : macro-micro evaluation techniques and tools / / Francois Bourguignon, Maurizio Bussolo, Luiz A. Pereira da Silva, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782562603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan; Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2008]; copyright 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-78751-5; 9786611787516; 0-8213-7269-6; 1-4356-8245-9; 0-8213-5779-4
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 338 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): BourguignonFrançois; BussoloMaurizio <1964->; SilvaLuiz A. Pereira da
• Disciplina: 339.2/2
• Soggetti: Economic assistance - Evaluation; Poverty; Income distribution; Economic assistance - Developing countries - Evaluation; Developing countries Economic policy Case studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Evaluating the Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution; Figure 1.1 Schematic Representation of the Top-Down Modeling Approach; Part I. Top-Down Approach with Micro Accounting; Table 2.1 Predicted Price Changes Due to Agricultural Trade Reform in Morocco; Table 2.2 Consumption Shares and Welfare Impacts through Consumption; Table 2.3 Percentage Gains ; from Each Policy: Production Component; Table 2.4 Household Impacts of Four Trade Reforms; Figure 2.1 Impacts of Trade Reform Policies on Poverty in MoroccoTable 2.5 Mean Gains from Policy 4, by Region; Figure 2.2 Frequency Distributions of Gains and Losses for Trade Policies 1 and 4; Figure 2.3 Absolute and Proportionate Gains for Policies 1and 4; Figure 2.4 Production and Consumption Decomposition of the Welfare Impacts for Policy 4; Figure 2.5 Net Producers of Cereals in the Distribution of Total Consumption per Person in Rural Areas of Morocco; Table 2.6 Decomposition of the Impact on Inequality; Table 2.7 Summary Statistics on Explanatory Variables in the Regression Analysis; Table 2.8 Regression of per Capita Gain/Loss on Selected Household CharacteristicsTable 2.9 Urban-Rural Split of Regressions for per Capita Gains; Table 3.1 LINKAGE Model: Regional and Sectoral Groups; Box 3.1 Consistency Issues; Table 3.2 Trade Protection by Origin, Destination, and Sector; Table 3.3 Economic Structure for Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico; Table 3.4 Household Incomes by Source, Segment, and Poverty Status; Table 3.5 Sectoral Adjustments; Table 3.6 Price (Factors, Consumption Aggregates) and Real Income Changes; Table 3.7 Initial Poverty Levels and Percentage Changes Resulting from Trade ReformsTable 3.8 Income Elasticity of Poverty Headcount; Part II. Top-Down Approach with Behavioral Micro Simulations; Table 4.1 Evolution of Poverty in Indonesia, 1996-99; Table 4.2 Evolution of Occupational Choices and Wages by Segment, 1997-98; Table 4.3 Historical Simulation Results; Table 4.4 Simulation Results: Macro Aggregates; Table 4.5 Simulation Results: Per Capita Income, Inequality, and Poverty Indicators; Figure 5.1 A Simplified Overview of the Top-Down Macro-Micro Framework; Table 5.1 An Overview of the Three Experiments ConductedFigure 5.2 An Overview of the Main Blocks of the Macro Model; Table 5.2 Standard Multipliers of the Macro Model Compared with Other Macro Models; Table 5.3 Some Results of the Macro Model, Historical Simulation for 1999; Table 5.4 Major Results of the Public Sector and Financial Sector Modules, Historical Simulation for 1999; Table 5.5 Aggregate Results from the Macro Model, Occupations; Table 5.6 Aggregate Results from the Macro Model, Earnings; Table 5.7 Detailed Results from the Top-Down Macro-Micro Models, Occupations by Skill and Sector
• Sommario/riassunto: A companion to the bestseller, The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution, this title deals with theoretical challenges and cutting-edge macro-micro linkage models. The authors compare the predictive and analytical power of various macro-micro linkage techniques using the traditional RHG approach as a benchmark to evaluate standard policies, such as, a typical stabilization package and a typical structural reform policy.