This paper analyzes the evolution of interregional income inequality during transition in Russia. The transition matrix approach reveals that between 1991 and 1997 income mobility tended toward a highly uneven long-term distribution with the majority of regions at low income levels and a...

This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...

What can further market integration contribute to growth and employment? A series of hypothetical trade reform scenarios explores what countries at different levels of development can expect to gain from reforming tariffs, non-tariff barriers, trade facilitation and domestic support to...

Obwohl China in den letzten Jahrzehnten spektakuläre Wachstumsraten ausweisen konnte, begünstigten die Öffnungspolitik und niedrigere Transportkosten insbesondere die Küste sich souverän zu entwickeln, während das Inland nur moderates Wachstum ausweisen konnte und ein großer Teil der...