Kakwani, N: Social Welfare Functions and Development

'Foreword-. Preface-. Chapter 1: Introduction-. 1.1: The Concept of Development-. 1.2: Concept of Social Welfare Function-. 1.3: Inequality and Social Welfare Functions-. 1.4: Social Tension and Social Welfare Functions-. 1.5: Inequality and Social Groups-. 1.6: Social Policies and Labor Market-. 1.7: Income Inequality and Social Well-Being-. 1.8: Inequity in Opportunity-. 1.9: Global Poverty Estimates-. 1.10: Food Insecurity-. 1.11 Evaluation of Social Programs-. Chapter 2: Applied Social Welfare Functions-. 2.1: Introduction-. 2.2: What is a Social Welfare Function?-. 2.3: Income Inequality and Social Welfare Function-. 2.4: A Class of Atkinson's Inequality Measures and Social Welfare Functions-. 2.5: Relative vs. Absolute Inequality-. 2.6: Gini Social Welfare Function-. 2.7: Generalized Gini Social Welfare Function-. 2.8: Rawlsian Social Welfare Function and Shared Prosperity-. 2.9: Estimates of Social Welfare Functions in Asia: An Illustration-. 2.10: Concluding Remarks-. Chapter 3: Measuring Social Tension-. 3.1: Introduction-. 3.2: A General Framework for Measuring Social Tension-. 3.3: Social Tension Caused by Inequality-. 3.4: Social Tension Caused by Poverty-. 3.5: Social Tension and Polarization-. 3.6: Growth Volatility and Social Tension-. 3.7: Social Mobility and Social Tension-. 3.8: Empirical Analysis of Social Tension in Brazil-. 3.8.1: Social Tension Due to Inequality-. 3.8.2: Social Tension Due to Poverty-. 3.8.3: Social Tension Due to Alienation and Polarization-. 3.8.4: Growth Volatility and Social Tension-. 3.8.5: Social Immobility-. 3.9: Concluding Remarks-. Chapter 4: Relative Deprivation and Social Groups-. 4.1: Introduction-. 4.2: Relative Deprivation Function-. 4.3: Relative Deprivation Suffered by Social Groups-. 4.4: Empirical Analysis: Case Study for Brazil, 2001-12-. 4.5: Age and Inequality-. 4.6: Gender and Inequality-. 4.7: Geographical Location and Inequality-. 4.8: Middle Class and Inequality-. 4.9: Race and Inequality-. 4.10:

Nanak Kawkani was Professor of Economics for 30 years at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and until 2006 was Principal Researcher and Director at UNDP's International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth in Brazil. He was an elected fellow of the Australian Research Committee of Social Science, and has been awarded the Mahalanobis gold medal for outstanding contribution in quantitative economics. He has published over 100 articles in international journals, as well as four books.

Hyun Hwa Son is Principal Evaluation Specialist in the Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Philippines, having previously worked as a poverty economist at the United Nations Development Programme. She has held an academic position at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and published extensively on poverty, inequality, pro-poor growth, inclusive growth, education and health.