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Developing countries seek economic development which is broad-based or inclusive in the sense that it raises the income of all, especially the poor. Yet this is at odds with Simon Kuznets' hypothesis that economic development tends to put upward pressure on income inequality, at least initially and in the absence of countervailing policies. The Developer's Dilemma explores this 'Kuznetsian tension' between structural transformation and income inequality. The book asks: what are the varieties of structural transformation that have been experienced in developing countries? What inequality dynamics are associated with each variety of structural transformation? And what policies have been utilized to manage trade-offs between structural transformation, income inequality, and inclusive growth? Across nine country cases written by academics across the Global South, this book answers these questions using a comparative case study approach with a common analytical framework and a set of common datasets. The intended intellectual contribution of the book is to provide a comparative analysis of the relationship between structural transformation, income inequality, and inclusive growth; to do so empirically at a regional and national level, and to draw conclusions about the varieties of structural transformation, their inequality dynamics, and the policies that have been employed to mediate the developer's dilemma.
Edited by:
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Professor of Economics Universitas Padjadjaran),
Kunal Sen (Director,
UNU-WIDER and Professor of Development Economics,
University of Manchester),
Andy Sumner (Professor of International Development,
Professor of International Development,
King's College London),
Arief Yusuf (Professor of Economics,
Professor of Economics,
Universitas Padjadjaran)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 161mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9780192855299
ISBN 10: 0192855298
Series: WIDER Studies in Development Economics
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 30 June 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kunal Sen, Andy Sumner, and Arief Yusuf: The developer's dilemma 2: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kyunghoon Kim, Kunal Sen, Andy Sumner, and Arief Yusuf: The developer's dilemma: A survey of structural transformation and inequality dynamics Part I. East Asia 3: Kyunghoon Kim, Arriya Mungsunti, Andy Sumner, and Arief Yusuf: Structural transformation and inclusive growth: Kuznets' 'developer's dilemma' in Indonesia 4: Yanan Li and Chunbing Xing: Getting rich and unequal? Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China 5: Peter Warr and Waleerat Suphannachart: Benign growth: Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Thailand Part II. South Asia 6: Saon Ray and Sabyasachi Kar: Inclusive structural transformation in India: Past episodes and future trajectories 7: Selim Raihan and Sunera Saba Khan: The challenges of structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh Part III. Sub-Saharan Africa 8: Robert Darko Osei, Richmond Atta-Ankomah, and Monica Lambon-Quayefio: Adverse political settlements: An impediment to structural transformation and inclusive growth in Ghana 9: Haroon Bhorat, Kezia Lilenstein, Morné Oosthuizen, François Steenkamp, and Amy Thornton: Economic growth, rising inequality, and de-industrialization: South Africa's Kuznetsian tension Part IV. Latin America 10: Sergio Firpo, Renan Pieri, and Rafaela Nogueira: Inclusive growth without structural transformation? The case of Brazil 11: Andres Solimano and Gabriela Zapata-Román: Structural transformations and the lack of inclusive growth: The case of Chile Part V. Looking Ahead 12: Lukas Schlogl: Leapfrogging into the unknown: The future of structural change in the developing world 13: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kunal Sen, Andy Sumner, and Arief Yusuf: The developer's dilemma: Conclusions
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is Under-secretary-general of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP (2018-present), and Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran. Kunal Sen is Director of UNU-WIDER and Professor of Development Economics at the University of Manchester. Andy Sumner is Professor of International Development at King's College London. Arief Yusuf is Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran.
