progress is being made against poverty and inequality in the current period of “globalization.” This paper provides a non … on globalization and pro-poor growth. …

significant nonlinearity in the dynamics, consistent with the claim that income inequality attenuates growth in mean income …We test for the existence of poverty traps and distribution-dependent growth using a nonlinear dynamic panel data model …

significant nonlinearity in the dynamics, consistent with the claim that income inequality attenuates growth in mean income …We test for the existence of poverty traps and distribution-dependent growth using a nonlinear dynamic panel data model …

The idea that developing countries face a trade off between poverty and inequality has had considerable influence on … systematic trade off between measures of absolute poverty and relative inequality. Indeed, falling inequality tends to come with … falling poverty incidence. And rising inequality appears more likely to be putting a brake on poverty reduction than to be …

protection. Development strategies today typically strive for a virtuous cycle of growth with equity and a range of policy …

How unequal is the world today? Is global income inequality falling, as many economists claim, or is it rising, as one …, with biases going in both directions. Conceptual issues further cloud the picture. The claim that global inequality has … inequality is found to be rising if one or more of the following conditions holds: (i) one attaches a high ethical weight to the …