Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Born	(1947-04-09) 9 April 1947 (age 74)
Nationality	Italian
Institution	Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
Field	Development economics
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Giovanni Andrea Cornia (born 9 April 1947),^[1] is a development economist. He is Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Management (formerly Faculty of Economics), at the University of Florence. He has previously been the director of the Regional Institute of Economic Planning of Tuscany (, ), the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), in Helsinki, and the Economic and Policy Research Program, , in Florence. He was formerly also Chief Economist, UNICEF, New York. His main areas of professional interest are income and asset inequality, poverty, growth, child well-being, human development and mortality crises, transition economics, and institutional economics. He is author of over a dozen books and dozens of articles, reports and working papers on practical development economics issues in individual countries, regions and globally.^[2][3]

Selected bibliography[]

Development economics
Economies by region
Africa North America South America Asia Europe Oceania
Economic growth theories
Harrod–Domar model Neoclassical growth model Endogenous growth theory Unified growth theory Balanced growth theory
Fields and subfields
Economic inequality Poverty Undernutrition Land Labour Human capital Education Property Rights Microfinance Decentralization Environmental determinism
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Books[]

• Cornia, Giovanni A.; Jolly, Richard (1984). The impact of world recession on children. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780080313290.
• Cornia, Giovanni A.; Stewart, Frances; Jolly, Richard (1987). Adjustment with a human face: protecting the vulnerable and promoting growth (a study by UNICEF). Volume 1. Oxford Oxfordshire Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198286103. |volume= has extra text (help)
• Cornia, Giovanni A.; Stewart, Frances; Jolly, Richard (1987). Adjustment with a human face: ten country case studies (a study by UNICEF). Volume 2. Oxford Oxfordshire Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198286110. |volume= has extra text (help)
• Cornia, Giovanni A.; van der Hoeven, Rolph; Mkandawire, Thandika (1992). Africa's Recovery in the 1990s: From Stagnation and Adjustment to Human Development. London New York: Macmillan.
• Cornia, Giovanni A.; Helleiner, Gerald K. (1994). From adjustment to development in Africa: conflict, controversy, convergence, consensus. New York, New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780333613627.
• Cornia, Giovanni A.; Paniccià, Renato (2000). The mortality crisis in transitional economies. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press United Nations University. ISBN 9780198297413.
• Cornia, Giovanni A.; Popov, Vladimir L. (2001). Transition and institutions: the experience of gradual and late reformers. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199242184.
• Cornia, Giovanni A. (2004). Inequality, growth, and poverty in an era of liberalization and globalization. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199271412.
• Cornia, Giovanni A. (2006). Pro-Poor Macroeconomics: Potential and Limitations. London New York: Palgrave.
• Cornia, Giovanni A. (2007). AIDS, child well-being and public policy. Florence: UNICEF-IRC.
• Cornia, Giovanni A. (2014). Falling Inequality in Latin America: Policy Changes and Lessons. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press.
• Cornia, Giovanni A.; Stewart, Frances (2014). Towards human development: new approaches to macroeconomics and inequality. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198706083.

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External links[]

• Personal profile: Giovanni Andrea Cornia Università degli Studi di Firenze
• Personal profile: Giovanni Andrea Cornia United Nations University - UNU-WIDER