Books in the Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics series

Aspects of Poverty and Inequality in Cameroon

Reducing poverty and increasing wellbeing in developing countries have become central aims of both the national policy-makers as well as the international community. This book investigates conceptual and empirical issues on the measurement of trends in wellbeing, poverty, and inequality, illustrated for Bolivia and Colombia.

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Colombia

Focuses on the linkages between institutions, inequality and development. This book analyzes formal political institutions, in particular the relationship between democracy and human development. It centers on informal social institutions leading to the exclusion of population groups such as women and indigenous people.

Deals with the social institutions related to gender inequality and proposes new composite indices to measure them. This book contributes to the understanding of gender and regional inequalities in developing countries.

Employment, Well-Being and Gender

Empirical Analysis of Participation Patterns in Microfinancial Markets

This study examines the measurement and econometric effects of ethnic diversity. It convincingly confronts theoretical considerations with (new) data and thereby provides a good mix of theory and empirics, making significant contributions to the current debates.

This book shows how an adverse family background has permanent negative effects on employment, wages and labour mobility, particularly in the presence of structural economic changes. It contributes to understand why inequality is highly persistent in Latin America, where poverty and vulnerability are likely to be passed on to the next generation.