Sustainable development goals and income inequality / edited by Peter A. G. van Bergeijk, Rolph van der Hoeven.

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This timely book documents and analyses the seriousness of growing national inequality in different regions around the world. It argues that the treatment of inequality in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is wholly insufficient due to their failure to recognise the growing difference between...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Other Authors:	Bergeijk, Peter A. G., 1959- Hoeven, Rolph van der
Language:	English
Published:	Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2017.
Subjects:	Income distribution. Sustainable development. Electronic books.
Genre:	Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Elgar Online)
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

1. The Challenge to reduce income inequality (introduction and overview) / Peter van Bergeijk and Rolph van der Hoeven
2. Broadening the development agenda for the SDG World / Richard Jolly
3. From MDGs to SDGs: critical reflections on global targets and their measurement / Jan Vandemoortele
4. From billions to trillions : towards reform of development finance and the global reserve system / Rob Vos
5. Global inequality and global poverty since the Cold War: how robust is the optimistic narrative? / Peter Edward and Andy Sumner
6. Is Latin America's recent inequality decline permanent or temporary? / Andrea Cornia
7. Thirty years in Africa's Development: from structural adjustment to structural transformation? / Tony Addison
8. Poverty, poverty, employment and inequality in the SDGs: heterodox discourse, orthodox policies? / Malte Luebker
9. Can catch up reduce inequality? / Deepak Nayyar
10. Can the SDGs stem the growing inequality in the world? / Rolph van der Hoeven
Index.