TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jomo K. S.
AU  - Baudot,Jacques
ED  - United Nations.
TI  - Flat world, big gaps: economic liberalization, globalization, poverty and inequality 
SN  - 9781842778333 (Zed hbk.)
AV  - HC79.I5 F593 2007
U1  - 909.83 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Hyderabad, India, London, New York, Penang, Malaysia, New York
PB  - Orient Longman, Zed Books, Third World Network, Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Revenu
KW  - Répartition
KW  - Développement économique
KW  - Mondialisation
N1  - "Published in association with the United Nations."; 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
ER  -