The authors investigate recent rends in poverty, and inequality in China, decomposing data on poverty reduction to see … attributable to Asia's economic crisis. Economic growth contributed significantly to poverty reduction, but rising inequality … problem if it is to succeed in attacking poverty, and inequality. …

The authors investigate the dynamics of poverty and income inequality in a cross-section of socio-economic groups and … rapidly increasing urban poverty accompanied by rising income inequality, declining poverty -growth elasticities, and … significant changes in the poverty map. In rural areas, the incidence of poverty remained the same and income inequality did not …

-93, though experiences differed across regions and countries. There was no general tendency for inequality or polarization to …

poverty and inequality. He finds that growth represents an important means for reducing poverty in the developing world. When … inequality. In the data set income inequality rises on average less than 1.0 percent a year. Since income distributions are …

One of the most contentious issues of globalization is the effect of global economic integration on inequality and … developing world population living on less than $1 per day was cut in half since 1981. Trend #3: Global inequality (among … citizens of the world) has declined - modestly -- reversing a 200-year-old trend toward higher inequality. Trend #4: There is …

high or substantial regional income inequality, only one (Thailand) has experienced convergence in regional incomes. Still …