Inequality in Asia and the Pacific [Texte imprimé] / edited by Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang and Ravi Kanbur

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Introduction / Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, and Ravi Kanbur -- Regional overview and synthesis -- Asia's income inequality : recent trends / Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, Ravi Kanbur and Dalisay Maligalig -- What drives Asia's rising inequality? / Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, and Ravi Kanbur -- Inequality of human opportunities in developing Asia / Hyun H. Son -- Confronting Asia's rising inequality : policy options / Changyong Rhee, Juzhong Zhuang, Ravi Kanbur and Jesus Felipe -- Background studies -- Inclusive growth and gender inequality in Asia's labor markets / Yan van der Meulen Rodgers and Joseph Zveglich, Jr -- Structural change and inequality : a conceptual overview with reference to developing Asia / Joshua Aizenman, Minsoo Lee, and Donghyun Park -- Institutions and economic inequality in Asia : disentangling policy and political structure / John V.C. Nye -- Government fiscal policies and redistribution in Asian countries / Iris Claus, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Violeta Vulovic -- Commitment to equity : a diagnostic framework to assess governments' fiscal policies / Nora Lustig and Sean Higgins -- Growth policy/strategy and inequality in developing Asia / Hyun-Hoon Lee, Minsoo Lee, and Donghyun Park -- A note on the middle class in Latin America / Nancy Birdsall -- Urbanization and inequality in Asia / Ravi Kanbur and Juzhong Zhuang -- Inequality in southeast asia / Aekapol Chongvilaivan -- Income inequality and redistributive policy in the People's Republic of China / Shi Li, Guanghua Wan, and Juzhong Zhuang -- Drivers of inequality in Pakistan / Talat Anwar -- Accounting for inequality in India : evidence from household expenditures / J. Salcedo Cain, Rana Hasan, Rhoda Magsombol, and Ajay Tandon