This chapter studies regional economic inequalities in Colombia between 1926 and 2018. We use regional economic data from several academic and official sources to study the patterns of economic growth through most of the century. We conclude that Colombian regions did not converge during this...

Social disparities in regions of Russia were increasing since transition started in the 1990s. Policy of budgetary alignment and state social policy carried out in the first 10 years of 2000- th at the expense of redistribution of a resource rent reduced in some degree social inequalities among...

The European Union is currently facing a serious problem concerning the occurrence of significant health inequalities observed between particular member states as well as within these states. Substantial efforts are being made to achieve an economic and social cohesion and the reduction of...