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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spelling oai:dspace6-d1:11362-43443 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 http://hdl.handle.net/11362/43443 LC/SES.37/3-P 9789210586283 en .pdf application/x-mobipocket-ebook application/epub+zip application/pdf AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ECLAC
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title The Inefficiency of Inequality
spellingShingle 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
title_short The Inefficiency of Inequality
title_full The Inefficiency of Inequality
title_fullStr The Inefficiency of Inequality
title_full_unstemmed The Inefficiency of Inequality
title_sort inefficiency of inequality
topic 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
description 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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