Giovanni Andrea Cornia Explained

Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Birth Date:	9 April 1947
Nationality:	Italian
Institution:	Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
Field:	Development economics
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Repec Id:	pco237

Giovanni Andrea Cornia (9 April 1947 – July 2024) was an Italian development economist. He was professor of economics, department of economics and management (formerly faculty of economics), at the University of Florence. He had previously been the director of the Regional Institute of Economic Planning of Tuscany (Istituto Regionale Programmazione Economica della Toscana, IRPET), the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), in Helsinki, and the Economic and Policy Research Program, UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti, in Florence. He was formerly also chief economist, UNICEF, New York. His main areas of professional interest were income and asset inequality, poverty, growth, child well-being, human development and mortality crises, transition economics, and institutional economics. He was 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.^{[1] [2]} Born on 9 April 1947,^[3] he died in July 2024, at the age of 77.^[4]

Selected bibliography

Books

• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . Jolly . Richard . Richard Jolly . The impact of world recession on children . Pergamon Press . Oxford Oxfordshire New York . 1984 . 978-0-08-031329-0 . registration .
• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . Stewart . Frances . Jolly . Richard . Frances Stewart (economist) . Richard Jolly . Adjustment with a human face: protecting the vulnerable and promoting growth (a study by UNICEF) . 1 . Clarendon Press Oxford University Press . Oxford Oxfordshire Oxford Oxfordshire New York . 1987 . 978-0-19-828610-3 .
• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . Stewart . Frances . Jolly . Richard . Frances Stewart (economist) . Richard Jolly . Adjustment with a human face: ten country case studies (a study by UNICEF) . 2 . Clarendon Press Oxford University Press . Oxford Oxfordshire Oxford Oxfordshire New York . 1987 . 978-0-19-828611-0 . registration .
• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . van der Hoeven . Rolph . Mkandawire . Thandika . Rolph van der Hoeven . Thandika Mkandawire . Africa's Recovery in the 1990s: From Stagnation and Adjustment to Human Development . Macmillan . London New York . 1992 .
• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . Helleiner . Gerald K. . From adjustment to development in Africa: conflict, controversy, convergence, consensus . St. Martin's Press . New York, New York . 1994 . 978-0-333-61362-7 .
• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . Paniccià . Renato . The mortality crisis in transitional economies . Oxford University Press United Nations University . Oxford New York . 2000 . 978-0-19-829741-3 .
• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . Popov . Vladimir L. . Vladimir Leonidovich Popov . Transition and institutions: the experience of gradual and late reformers . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 2001 . 978-0-19-924218-4 .
• Book: Cornia, Giovanni A. . Inequality, growth, and poverty in an era of liberalization and globalization . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 2004 . 978-0-19-927141-2 .
• Book: Cornia, Giovanni A. . Pro-Poor Macroeconomics: Potential and Limitations . Palgrave . London New York . 2006 .
• Book: Cornia, Giovanni A. . AIDS, child well-being and public policy . UNICEF-IRC . Florence . 2007 .
• Book: Cornia, Giovanni A. . Falling Inequality in Latin America: Policy Changes and Lessons . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 2014 .
• Book: Cornia . Giovanni A. . Stewart . Frances . Frances Stewart (economist) . Towards human development: new approaches to macroeconomics and inequality . Oxford University Press . Oxford, Oxfordshire . 2014 . 978-0-19-870608-3 .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: PhD programme in development economics: Giovanni Andrea Cornia . Università degli Studi di Firenze . 6 August 2014 .
2. Web site: Giovanni Andrea Cornia . United Nations University – UNU-WIDER . 6 August 2014 .
3. Web site: Cornia, Giovanni Andrea . Library of Congress . 6 August 2014 . CIP t.p. (Giovanni Andrea Cornia) data sheet (b. 4-9-47) .
4. https://www.unifi.it/art-7529-cordoglio-in-ateneo.html Cordoglio in Ateneo per la scomparsa di Giovanni Andrea Cornia