been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …

income inequality during the transition process. The most obvious success story in the process of transition to date has been … only modest increases in inequality. Hence, a detailed analysis of the Polish experience, with a view toward asking what …

China has departed from the East Asian development model by letting inequality rise to a high level, which is now …. If inequality persists, China may get caught in the ¡°inequality-trap,¡± which may then lead to the middle income trap … (MIT). Fortunately, China still has the levers to pull to reduce inequality and avoid the MIT. Measures along both the …

The impact of income inequality on economic growth is dependent on several factors, including the time horizon … considered, the initial level of income and its initial distribution. Yet, as growth and inequality are also uneven across space … also seem pertinent to consider not just the levels of inequality and agglomeration, but also the changes they undergo (i …

within which official development assistance must operate and evolve if it is to remain useful. …