| Description |
xix, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Overview : new results on poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization -- The pattern of economic growth, 1950-2000 -- Inequality as we know it -- Poverty as we are told it is -- Taking stock of the facts -- Recounting poor people -- Surveys and national accounts : can a choice be made? -- Other methodological considerations -- Poverty as it is--and forecasts for 2015 -- Reinventing the Kuznets curve : propoor growth -- Inequality as it is -- Globalization : a second look -- Conclusion : roads not taken. |
| Subject |
Poverty.
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Income distribution.
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Globalization.
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| ISBN |
0881323489 |
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