Distributive Justice and Economic Development: The Case of Chile and Developing Countries

by Nancy Birdsall and Eduardo Aninat

The relationship between the process of creating wealth and distributing it has been a subject of great analytical and policy interest to development economists for many years. Is there an inevitable conflict, or tradeoff, between wealth creation and wealth distribution? Can both growth and social equity increase simultaneously? What role can public policy play to affect growth-equity outcomes? These questions are particularly salient both for Latin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472110861
• ISBN13: 9780472110865
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"