The Inefficiency of Inequality
Consistently with the emphasis that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has placed on equality since 2010, and in keeping with the purpose of leaving no one behind enshrined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this document examines the mechanisms by which...
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cepal-11362-43443 The Inefficiency of Inequality NU. CEPAL DESARROLLO ECONOMICO DESARROLLO SOCIAL IGUALDAD GLOBALIZACION RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES MULTILATERALISMO EMPRESAS TRANSNACIONALES INVERSIONES EMPLEO POLITICA FISCAL CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO POBREZA DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO IGUALDAD DE OPORTUNIDADES DESARROLLO REGIONAL MEDIO AMBIENTE CIUDADES CAMBIO CLIMATICO FUENTES DE ENERGIA RENOVABLES CONDICIONES POLITICAS GOBERNABILIDAD DEMOCRACIA MACROECONOMIA POLITICA DE DESARROLLO ECONOMIA DEL BIENESTAR POLITICA SOCIAL POLITICA INDUSTRIAL POLITICA ENERGETICA INNOVACIONES INDICADORES ECONOMICOS INDICADORES SOCIALES INDICADORES AMBIENTALES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT EQUALITY GLOBALIZATION INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS MULTILATERALISM TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS INVESTMENTS EMPLOYMENT FISCAL POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES POLITICAL CONDITIONS GOVERNANCE DEMOCRACY MACROECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY WELFARE ECONOMICS SOCIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL POLICY ENERGY POLICY INNOVATIONS ECONOMIC INDICATORS SOCIAL INDICATORS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS Consistently with the emphasis that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has placed on equality since 2010, and in keeping with the purpose of leaving no one behind enshrined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this document examines the mechanisms by which inequality erodes dynamic inefficacy in the Latin American and Caribbean economies. It analyses and measures the productivity and income effects of unequal access to health and education, as well as the consequences of inequality of opportunities arising from gender-, race- or ethnicity-based discrimination. It also examines how these inequalities play out at the level of territory, infrastructure and urban dynamics, where their costs not only weigh on productivity, but also worsen energy inefficiencies and environmental degradation, thereby compromising the development possibilities of present and future generations. Inequality imposes constraints on innovation and creativity that are all the heavier because they are embedded within the culture of agents, which creates a culture of privilege in which many public goods and rights are not universal, but denied to much of the population. This weakens trust in social interactions and in democratic institutions. Here, ECLAC proposes strategic guidelines for increasing the dynamic efficiency of the Latin American and Caribbean economies on the basis of equality. Capacity-building and the construction of welfare States are at the heart of a new development paradigm that puts the technological revolution at the service of low-carbon, technology-intensive growth. In this regard, and in view of the rapid transformations and mounting uncertainties in the global economy, the region urgently needs stronger public and private investment revolving around an environmental big push in order to diversify its production structure and even out its structural disparities. Foreword .-- Chapter I. Equality at the centre of development .-- Chapter II. Growing tensions in globalization .-- Chapter III. External vulnerability hinders development and increases inequality .-- Chapter IV. Inequality is inefficient and unsustainable .-- Chapter V. Inequalities that cause segregation and deterioration: territory and the environment .-- Chapter VI. The political economy of inequality and the culture of privilege .-- Chapter VII. Strategic orientations 2018-04-09T18:19:12Z 2018-04-09T18:19:12Z 2018-05-09 Texto Documento Completo 9789211219906 https://hdl.handle.net/11362/43443 LC/SES.37/3-P 9789210586283 en .pdf 258 páginas. application/pdf application/epub+zip application/x-mobipocket-ebook AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ECLAC |
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The Inefficiency of Inequality DESARROLLO ECONOMICO DESARROLLO SOCIAL IGUALDAD GLOBALIZACION RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES MULTILATERALISMO EMPRESAS TRANSNACIONALES INVERSIONES EMPLEO POLITICA FISCAL CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO POBREZA DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO IGUALDAD DE OPORTUNIDADES DESARROLLO REGIONAL MEDIO AMBIENTE CIUDADES CAMBIO CLIMATICO FUENTES DE ENERGIA RENOVABLES CONDICIONES POLITICAS GOBERNABILIDAD DEMOCRACIA MACROECONOMIA POLITICA DE DESARROLLO ECONOMIA DEL BIENESTAR POLITICA SOCIAL POLITICA INDUSTRIAL POLITICA ENERGETICA INNOVACIONES INDICADORES ECONOMICOS INDICADORES SOCIALES INDICADORES AMBIENTALES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT EQUALITY GLOBALIZATION INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS MULTILATERALISM TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS INVESTMENTS EMPLOYMENT FISCAL POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES POLITICAL CONDITIONS GOVERNANCE DEMOCRACY MACROECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY WELFARE ECONOMICS SOCIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL POLICY ENERGY POLICY INNOVATIONS ECONOMIC INDICATORS SOCIAL INDICATORS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS |
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The Inefficiency of Inequality |
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The Inefficiency of Inequality |
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The Inefficiency of Inequality |
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inefficiency of inequality |
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DESARROLLO ECONOMICO DESARROLLO SOCIAL IGUALDAD GLOBALIZACION RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES MULTILATERALISMO EMPRESAS TRANSNACIONALES INVERSIONES EMPLEO POLITICA FISCAL CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO POBREZA DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO IGUALDAD DE OPORTUNIDADES DESARROLLO REGIONAL MEDIO AMBIENTE CIUDADES CAMBIO CLIMATICO FUENTES DE ENERGIA RENOVABLES CONDICIONES POLITICAS GOBERNABILIDAD DEMOCRACIA MACROECONOMIA POLITICA DE DESARROLLO ECONOMIA DEL BIENESTAR POLITICA SOCIAL POLITICA INDUSTRIAL POLITICA ENERGETICA INNOVACIONES INDICADORES ECONOMICOS INDICADORES SOCIALES INDICADORES AMBIENTALES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT EQUALITY GLOBALIZATION INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS MULTILATERALISM TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS INVESTMENTS EMPLOYMENT FISCAL POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES POLITICAL CONDITIONS GOVERNANCE DEMOCRACY MACROECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY WELFARE ECONOMICS SOCIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL POLICY ENERGY POLICY INNOVATIONS ECONOMIC INDICATORS SOCIAL INDICATORS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS |
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Consistently with the emphasis that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has placed on equality since 2010, and in keeping with the purpose of leaving no one behind enshrined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this document examines the mechanisms by which inequality erodes dynamic inefficacy in the Latin American and Caribbean economies. It analyses and measures the productivity and income effects of unequal access to health and education, as well as the consequences of inequality of opportunities arising from gender-, race- or ethnicity-based discrimination. It also examines how these inequalities play out at the level of territory, infrastructure and urban dynamics, where their costs not only weigh on productivity, but also worsen energy inefficiencies and environmental degradation, thereby compromising the development possibilities of present and future generations. Inequality imposes constraints on innovation and creativity that are all the heavier because they are embedded within the culture of agents, which creates a culture of privilege in which many public goods and rights are not universal, but denied to much of the population. This weakens trust in social interactions and in democratic institutions.
Here, ECLAC proposes strategic guidelines for increasing the dynamic efficiency of the Latin American and Caribbean economies on the basis of equality. Capacity-building and the construction of welfare States are at the heart of a new development paradigm that puts the technological revolution at the service of low-carbon, technology-intensive growth. In this regard, and in view of the rapid transformations and mounting uncertainties in the global economy, the region urgently needs stronger public and private investment revolving around an environmental big push in order to diversify its production structure and even out its structural disparities. |
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