Economic Policy and Equity

Books, May 4, 1999

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This book brings together the views not only of policymakers and academics but also of religious leaders and labor leaders from around the world — including the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Amartya Sen — who participated in an IMF conference on this topic.
Contributors discuss the causes of growing inequality and the complex question of how to use policy to make economic systems more equitable under five headings:
- perspectives on economic policy and equity
- globalization and equitable growth
- country experiences in equity-oriented policymaking
- design and implementation of policy
- a roundtable discussion on lessons for countries and the IMF
Edited by Vito Tanzi, director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF; Ke-young Chu, a senior advisor; and Sanjeev Gupta, a division chief in the department.

Causes of growing inequality and policy responses.
Intersection of globalization and equitable growth.
Country experiences in equity-oriented policymaking.
Practical issues in the design and implementation of policy to promote equity.
Roundtable lessons for countries and for the IMF, incorporating perspectives from policymakers, academics, religious leaders, and labor leaders.

Subject: Education, Income, Income distribution, Income inequality, Labor, National accounts, Personal income, Wages
Keywords: Africa, BOOK, Caribbean, Central America, country, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Global, government, government policy, Income, Income distribution, Income inequality, market reform, microenterprise growth, OECD country, OECD government, Personal income, policy, redistribution policy, Sen, Sub-Saharan Africa, Wages

Content summarized from the IMF web landing page for "Economic Policy and Equity".