Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality are explored in a global Computable General Equilibrium...

The rush for land acquisition - primarily driven by food shortages, food price volatility, and the run for agrofuel - has drawn considerable attention, as documented by reports published in late 2009, 2010, and 2011. Terminological differences aside, it is - quite distinct from material or...