Table of Contents
Preface xi
Workshop Participants xv
About the Editors and Contributors xvii
Acknowledgments xxv
Abbreviations xxvii
1 Equity within and between Nations Ravi Kanbur Michael Spence 1
2 The Millennium Development Goals: An Assessment François Bourguignon Agnès Bénassy-Quéré Stefan Dercon Antonio Estache Jan Willem Gunning Ravi Kanbur Stephan Klasen Simon Maxwell Jean-Philippe Platteau Amedeo Spadaro 17
3 Globalization, Growth, and Distribution: Framing the Questions Ravi Kanbur 41
4 Investment Efficiency and the Distribution of Wealth Abhijit V. Banerjee 71
5 Gender Equality, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: A Copernican Quest Andrew Morrison Dhushyanth Raju Nistha Sinha 103
6 Inequality of Oppurtunity for Education: Turkey Francisco H. G. Ferreira Jérémie Gignoux 131
7 The (Indispensable) Middle Class in Developing Countries Nancy Birdsall 157
8 Outlining a Research Agenda on the Links between Globalization and poverty Ann Harrison Margaret McMillan 189
9 Global Wage Inequality and the International Flow of Migrants Mark R. Rosenzweig 205
10 International Migration and Development Gordon H. Hanson 229
11 The Cliff at the Border Lant Pritchett 263
Index 287
Box
2.1 Millennium Development Goals 18
Figures
2.1 Change in Poverty (MDG1) between 1990 and 2006, Fragile States (CPIA Definition) 22
2.2 Improvements in MDGs between 1990 and 2006, Nonfragile States (CPIA Definition) 23
2.3 Heterogeneity across MDGs 25
2.4 Correlation of Annual Growth Rates, 1990-2006 28