evaluation of the impact of a series of pro-growth policies on inequality and headcount poverty. He relies on a large … the policies under consideration on growth, inequality, and poverty. The author's findings indicate that regardless of … their impact on inequality, pro-growth policies lead to lower poverty levels in the long run. However, he also finds …

This paper analyzes the dynamics of poverty and income inequality during the recovery phase of the transition that … characterized the Republic of Latvia in the late 1990s. Despite a continued rise in income inequality, empirical evidence suggests … urban areas. In a context of rising income inequality and widening urban-rural income and poverty gaps, the benefits of …

income inequality in rural Egypt. After pinpointing the importance of nonfarm income to the rural poor, the author decomposes … income represents the most important inequality-reducing source of income, agricultural income represents the most important … inequality-increasing source. A 1 percent marginal increase in nonfarm income will cause the Gini coefficient of overall income …

Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people … relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are … consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need …

progress is being made against poverty and inequality in the current period of"globalization."Ravallion provides a nontechnical …

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 …

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

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 …