The paper presents new results on within-country regional inequality in per capita income for 36 countries during 1995-2005; focusing on Europe but with some non-European countries included for comparison. In 23 of the 36 countries there was a significant increase in regional inequality during the...

"With economic reforms underway for more than a decade in India, it is interesting to examine the responses of the Indian states to the newer challenges. This book addresses a wide range of issues, such as growth dynamics, income inequality, the fiscal behaviour of the states, the role of the...