The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially classified by the World Bank as middle-income countries. Of course nothing happens when a country crosses a (somewhat) arbitrary threshold in per capita income but it does matter...

What has happened to inequality between and within countries since 1990? In this paper we explore who have been the winners and losers from global growth since 1990. We find that falls in total global inequality in the last 30 years are predominantly attributable to rising prosperity in China....

Introduction: Policies for All Seasons: The Post-Cold War Era -- Part I Inequality -- Income Inequality and Effectiveness in Redistribution -- Changing Perspectives on Inequality and Development -- Income Inequality and Labour -- Unions and Wage Inequality -- Economic Transformation and the...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Preface: Human Security in a Global Economy -- List of Boxes and Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- PART ONE: The Human Security Challenge -- 1. Setting the Scene -- The Human Security Challenge -- Human Security -- The UNDP and...