Analyses of redistributive policies often focus on income flows to examine the nexus between redistribution and … framework defining the role of redistributive policies in shaping the private income cycle as well as the public revenue …-expenditure cycle. This framework distinguishes between the stock of income-generating assets (such as human capital and wealth …

This paper argues that income inequality has increased in several, but not all, developed countries over the last … concentration of economic power, is the fundamental cause as well as the gross manifestation of inequality of both income and wealth. …

Rapid growth and structural change have reduced poverty in East Asian economies. Income inequality has been low in …, Malaysia and Indonesia, poverty has declined, while income inequality trends have varied, rising most clearly in Thailand. With …