This paper challenges this view. It argues that while income inequality declined in several nations between the 1950s …. This conclusion is based on an econometric analysis of inequality trends for 77 countries accounting for 82 per cent of …) that the traditional causes of income inequality (land concentration, unequal access to education, urban-rural gap, and so …

In the current debate on the relationship between inequality in income distribution and growth one of the possible link …

approach is also employed to rigorously examine the poverty-growth-inequality triangle. Finally, various simple but useful and …

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the …

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the growth performance of the Cameroonian economy from independence in 1960 to … date, and then to use this as a background for the analysis of poverty, inequality, and non-monetary outcomes. The analysis …

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as … inequality can …

countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality. The focus is on the period since the early/mid-1990s when growth in …The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …

trade fronts but also of failure in reducing chronic inequality of income and wealth. In addition, the current growth …The Chilean development story of the last two to three decades is a mix of successes in the macro, growth, poverty and … stratification in access to education, health and pensions. A reduction in social inequality would require changes in several fronts …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of a new measure of pro-poor growth, which links growth rates in mean income … and in income inequality. The other contribution is a decomposition methodology that explores linkages between three …