Flat world, big gaps : economic liberalization, globalization, poverty and inequality / edited by Jomo K.S. with Jacques Baudot.

Contributor(s): Jomo K. S. (Jomo Kwame Sundaram) | Baudot, JacquesMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Hyderabad, India : Orient Longman, 2007Description: xxvii, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 1842778331 (hbk.); 9781842778333 (Zed hbk.); 184277834X (pbk.); 9781842778340 (Zed pbk.); 9788125030676 (Orient Longman pbk.); 8125030670 (Orient Longman pbk.)Subject(s): Income distribution | Economic development | GlobalizationLOC classification: HC79.I5 | F59 2007
Contents:
Global income inequality : what it is and why it matters? / Branko Milanovic -- The scorecard on development : 25 years of diminished progress / Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick -- A converging or diverging world? / Bob Sutcliffe -- World economic growth and income distribution, 1980-2000 / Albert Berry and John Serieux -- Globalizing inequality : 'centrifugal' and 'centripetal' forces at work / Josâe Gabriel Palma -- Growth is failing the poor : the unbalanced distribution of the benefits and costs of global economic growth / David Woodward and Andrew Simms -- Inequality trends in the developed OECD countries / John Weeks -- Unequal fortunes, unstable households : has rising inequality contributed to economic troubles for households? / Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller -- Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS transition economies / Mihaly Simai -- Equity in Latin America since the 1990s / Pedro Sâainz -- Income distribution in the Middle East and North Africa, 1960-2000 / Maria Cristina Paciello -- Openness, trade liberalization, inequality and poverty in Africa / Alemayehu Geda and Abebe Shimeles -- Inequality in India : a survey of recent trends / Parthapratim Pal, Jayati Ghosh -- Growth with equity in East Asia / Jomo K. S. -- Understanding the extent and evolution of inequalities in China - Ranja Sengupta and Jayati Ghosh.
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Global income inequality : what it is and why it matters? / Branko Milanovic -- The scorecard on development : 25 years of diminished progress / Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick -- A converging or diverging world? / Bob Sutcliffe -- World economic growth and income distribution, 1980-2000 / Albert Berry and John Serieux -- Globalizing inequality : 'centrifugal' and 'centripetal' forces at work / Josâe Gabriel Palma -- Growth is failing the poor : the unbalanced distribution of the benefits and costs of global economic growth / David Woodward and Andrew Simms -- Inequality trends in the developed OECD countries / John Weeks -- Unequal fortunes, unstable households : has rising inequality contributed to economic troubles for households? / Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller -- Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS transition economies / Mihaly Simai -- Equity in Latin America since the 1990s / Pedro Sâainz -- Income distribution in the Middle East and North Africa, 1960-2000 / Maria Cristina Paciello -- Openness, trade liberalization, inequality and poverty in Africa / Alemayehu Geda and Abebe Shimeles -- Inequality in India : a survey of recent trends / Parthapratim Pal, Jayati Ghosh -- Growth with equity in East Asia / Jomo K. S. -- Understanding the extent and evolution of inequalities in China - Ranja Sengupta and Jayati Ghosh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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