dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that … mild, but exhibit a strong regional pattern. Inequality is likely to fall in regions such as Latin America, which are … characterized by high initial inequality, and rise in regions like South Asia, characterized by low initial inequality. …

Income inequality in China has risen rapidly in the past decades across regions, between rural and urban sectors, and … most important factors explaining overall inequality are differential returns to schooling and sector of employment. A … carried out during the last 25 years. The authors argue that rising income inequality can be part of a normal process of …

for inequality and poverty. Drawing on analyses based on existing household survey data and aggregate data from official … balanced, and an increase in income inequality. The paper then examines why growth was uneven and why this should be of concern … inequality and uneven growth that are good or bad in terms of what they imply for both equity and long-term growth and …

turns out not to be a fact at all. Growth's effects on inequality can go either way and are contingent on several other … inequality. Possibly measurement errors confound the true relationship, but they think it more likely that the relationship … process will tend to be lower, the higher the extent of initial inequality. A smaller share of total income must imply a …

realize the growth potential of trade, while limiting the risk of rising inequality, policies need to better account for …