272 Pages
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Routledge
Equity is an abstract concept covering philosophical issues such as fairness and social justice, making its definition and measurement complex. This volume tackles these complexities head-on. The book is enriched with many empirical analyses and provides a comprehensive analysis of equity ranging from concepts and measurements to empirical illustrations and policy implications.
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1. What is Well-Being? 2. What Is an Equitable Distribution? 3. On the Concept of Equity in Opportunity 4. What Is Equitable Growth? 5.Equity in Health and Education Services in the Philippines 6. Assessing Fiscal Policy from an Equity Perspective 7. A New Approach to Evaluating and Designing Targeted Social Protection 8. Ex-ante Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Program on School Attendance and Poverty 9. A Multi-Country Analysis of Achievements and Inequalities in Economic Growth and Standards of Living 10. Equity in Education and Health Services in Nepal 11. Equitability in Education and Health Services in Sri Lanka
Biography
Hyun Hwa Son is currently a senior economist in the Economics and Research Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Before joining ADB in March 2007, she was a poverty specialist/economist at the United Nations Development Programme. She also worked for the World Bank in Washington D.C., and held an academic position at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. She has worked and published extensively on poverty, inequality, pro-poor growth, inclusive growth, health and education, and public policies.
