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While much progress has been made over the last 25 years in measuring global poverty, there are a number of challenges …
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greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward.This paper - product of the Poverty Team, Development Research …
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How unequal is the world today? Is global income inequality falling, as many economists claim, or is it rising, as one often hears? This paper reviews the arguments and evidence. A number of concerns about the underlying data are identified, with biases going in both directions. Conceptual...
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Heute sind die Menschen gesünder, wohlhabender und sie leben länger als früher. Einem Teil der Menschheit ist "Der Grosse Ausbruch" aus Armut, Not, Krankheit und Entbehrung in Freiheit, Bildung, Demokratie und eine freie globale Weltwirtschaft gelungen. Dennoch nimmt die Ungleichheit zwischen...
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"An overview of the economic development of and policies intended to combat poverty around the world." …"While there is no denying that the world has made huge progress against absolute poverty over the last 200 years … greater progress against poverty in the developing world in recent times-indeed, a faster pace of progress against extreme …
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