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The rise and fall of Brazilian inequality, 1981-2004
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2006
"Measured by the Gini coefficient, income inequality in Brazil rose from 0.57 in 1981 to 0.63 in 1989, before falling back to 0.56 in 2004. This latest figure would lower Brazil's world inequality rank from 2nd (in 1989) to 10th (in 2004). Poverty incidence also followed an inverted U-curve over...
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Nonfarm activity and rural income inequality : a case study of two provinces in China
Luo, Xubei - 2006
"Nonfarm activity plays an increasingly important role in rural household income. Based on data from the Living Standards Measurement Study in the provinces of Hebei and Liaoning, the authors study the distribution of nonfarm income in rural China. First, they assume nonfarm income as an...
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Equity, welfare, and the setting of trade policy in general equilibrium
Francois, Joseph F. - 2005
"The authors analyze general equilibrium relationships between trade policy and the household distribution of income, decomposing social welfare into real income level and variance components and emphasizing Gini and Atkinson indexes. They embed these inequality-adjusted social welfare functions...
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Global income inequality : what it is and why it matters
Milanovic, Branko - 2006
inequality (inequality between citizens of the world). It discusses the relationship between globalization and global inequality …
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Globalization, poverty, and inequality since 1980
Dollar, David - 2004
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Competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate
Ravallion, Martin - 2004
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The debate on globalization, poverty, and inequality : why measurement matters
Ravallion, Martin - 2003
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Globalization, growth, and poverty : building an inclusive world economy
Dollar, David (contributor); Collier, Paul (contributor) - 2002
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Globalization, growth, and poverty : building an inclusive world economy
Collier, Paul (contributor); Dollar, David (contributor) - 2002
, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty focuses on globalisation in terms of growing …
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Globalization, Growth, and Poverty : Building an Inclusive World Economy
World Bank - 2013
. Integration--or "globalization"--has generated anxieties about rising ineuality, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. This … globalization to provide opportunities for poor people and to reduce and mitigate the risks it generates. This report presents three … main findings that bear on current policy debates about globalization. First, poor countries with around 3 billion people …
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