Inequality in Asia and the Pacific

Abstract

1. Introduction, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, and Ravi Kanbur Part A: Regional Overview and Synthesis 2. Asia's Income Inequality: Recent trends, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, Ravi Kanbur and Dalisay Maligalig 3. What Drives Asia's Rising Inequality?, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, and Ravi Kanbur 4. Inequality of Human Opportunities in Developing Asia, Hyun H. Son 5. Confronting Asia's Rising Inequality: Policy options, Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, Ravi Kanbur and Jesus Felipe Part B: Background Studies 6. Inclusive Growth and Gender Inequality in Asia's Labor Markets, Yan van der Meulen Rodgers and Joseph Zveglich, Jr. 7. Structural Change and Inequality: A conceptual overview with reference to developing Asia, Joshua Aizenman, Minsoo Lee, and Donghyun Park 8. Institutions and Economic Inequality in Asia: Disentangling policy and political structure, John V.C. Nye 9. Government Fiscal Policies and Redistribution in Asian Countries, Iris Claus, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Violeta Vulovic 10. Commitment to Equity: A diagnostic framework to assess governments' fiscal policies, Nora Lustig and Sean Higgins 11. Growth Policy/Strategy and Inequality in Developing Asia, Hyun-Hoon Lee, Minsoo Lee, and Donghyun Park 12. A Note on the Middle Class in Latin America, Nancy Birdsall 13. Urbanization and Inequality in Asia, Ravi Kanbur and Juzhong Zhuang 14. Inequality in Southeast Asia, Aekapol Chongvilaivan 15. Income Inequality and Redistributive Policy in the People's Republic of China, Shi Li, Guanghua Wan, and Juzhong Zhuang 16. Drivers of Inequality in Pakistan, Talat Anwar 17. Accounting for Inequality in India: Evidence from Household Expenditures, J. Salcedo Cain, Rana Hasan, Rhoda Magsombol, and Ajay Tandon