Flat world, big gaps : economic liberalization, globalization, poverty and inequality / edited by Jomo K.S. with Jacques Baudot.
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TextPublication details: Hyderabad, India : Orient Longman ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; Penang, Malaysia : Third World Network ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: xxvii, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781842778333 (Zed hbk.)
- 1842778331 (Zed hbk.)
- 9781842778340 (Zed pbk.)
- 184277834X (Zed pbk.)
- 9788125030676 (Orient Longman pbk.)
- 8125030670 (Orient Longman pbk.)
- 338.9 22
- HC79.I5 F593 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Global income inequality : what it is and why it matters / Branko Milanovic -- 2. The scorecard on development : 25 years of diminished progress / Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick -- 3. A converging or diverging world? / Bob Sutcliffe -- 4. World economic growth and income distribution, 1980-2000 / Albert Berry and John Serieux -- 5. Globalizing inequality : 'centrifugal' and 'centripetal' forces at work / José Gabriel Palma -- 6. Growth is failing the poor : the unbalanced distribution of the benefits and costs of global economic growth / David Woodward and Andrew Simms -- 7. Inequality trends in some developed OECD countries / John Weeks -- 8. Unequal fortunes, unstable households : has rising inequality contributed to economic troubles for households? / Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller -- 9. Poverty and inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS transition economies / Mihaly Simai --
10. Equity in Latin America since the 1990s / Pedro Sáinz -- 11. Income distribution in the Middle East and North Africa, 1960-2000 / Maria Cristina Paciello -- 12. Openness, trade liberalization, inequality and poverty in Africa / Alemayehu Geda and Abebe Shimeles -- 13. Inequality in India : a survey of recent trends / Parthapratim Pal and Jayati Ghosh -- 14. Growth with equity in East Asia / Jomo K.S. -- 15. Understanding the extent and evolution of inequalities in China / Ranja Sengupta and Jayati Ghosh -- Contributors -- Index.
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