There is a widespread belief that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased global income inequality, reducing per capita … inequality decreased. When countries are weighted by population, international income inequality increased, more in line with the … result of the pandemic is supported by comparing global inequality using IMF forecasts in October 2019 and October 2020 …

impact of the current pandemic on income and poverty to inform the targeting of resources to those most affected and assess … the success of current efforts. We construct new measures of the income distribution and poverty with a lag of only a few …, government policy effectively countered its effects on incomes, leading poverty to fall and low percentiles of income to rise …

This essay surveys the evidence on the linkages between globalization and poverty. I focus on two measures of … globalization: trade and international capital flows. Past researchers have argued that global economic integration should help the … evidence suggests that the poor are more likely to share in the gains from globalization when there are complementary policies …

measures since 1970, with an acceleration post-1991, despite rising inequality. Faster poverty decline came with both higher …Longstanding development issues are revisited in the light of our newly-constructed dataset of poverty measures for … India spanning 60 years, including 20 years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. We find a downward trend in poverty …

We discuss recent empirical research on how globalization has affected income inequality in developing countries. We … begin with a discussion of conceptual issues regarding the measurement of globalization and inequality. Next, we present … empirical evidence on the evolution of globalization and inequality in several developing countries during the 1980s and 1990s …

We study trends in income inequality across U.S. states and counties 1960-2019 using a mix of administrative and survey … the late 1970s. In contrast, bottom income quantiles and poverty rates have converged across areas in recent decades …

countries on poverty and average incomes in poor countries. We find no support in the cross-country analysis for the claim that … OECD polices worsen poverty in developing countries. To better understand what might drive these results, we turn to … corn prices. Taken together, the evidence suggests that a reduction in rich-country agricultural support that raises world …

growing literature on wealth inequality across the world. Evidence points towards a rise in global wealth concentration: for …This article reviews the recent literature on the dynamics of global wealth inequality. I first reconcile available … estimates of wealth inequality in the United States. Both surveys and tax data show that wealth inequality has increased …