Overcoming the Persistence of Inequality and Poverty

International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality

International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality

PART I: INTRODUCTION Presenting the Book; V.FitzGerald, J.Heyer & R.Thorp Social Wellbeing and Conflict: Themes from the Work of Frances Stewart; J.Toye PART II: TECHNICAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Technology Change: Sources and Impediments; G.Ranis & M.Irons Migration and Productivity Patterns in European Regions; G.B.Navaretti, G.De Simone, G.Orefice & A.Salvi Revisiting Technology and Underdevelopment: Climate Change, Politics and the 'D' of Solar Energy Technology in Contemporary India; B.Harriss-White, S.Rohra & N.Singh PART III: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY Advancing Human Development: Values, Groups, Power and Conflict; S.Deneulin Welfare Regimes and Economic Development: Bridging the Conceptual Gap; T.Mkandawire Democracy, the New Left and Income Distribution: Latin America over the last Decade; G.A.Cornia & B.Martorano PART IV: CONFLICT, ETHNICITY AND INEQUALITY Understanding Horizontal Inequalities: the Role of Civil Society; G.K.Brown Horizontal Inequalities and Militancy: The Case of Nigeria's Niger Delta; A.Langer & U.Ukiwo Seeking Representativeness: Affirmative Action in Nigeria and South Africa Compared; A.R.Mustapha Frances Stewart: A Selected Bibliography