Inequality in the developing world

Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and translates into power asymmetries that can endanger human rights, create conflict, and embed social exclusion and chronic poverty. For these reasons, it underpins intense public an...

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Other Authors: Gradin, Carlos (Editor), Leibbrandt, M. V. (Editor), Tarp, Finn (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2021, 2021
Edition:First edition
Series:UNU-WIDER studies in development economics / UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and translates into power asymmetries that can endanger human rights, create conflict, and embed social exclusion and chronic poverty. For these reasons, it underpins intense public and academic debates and has become a dominant policy concern within many countries and in all multilateral agencies. It is at the core of the 17 goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This book contributes to this important discussion by presenting assessments of the measurement and analysis of global inequality by leading inequality scholars, aligning these to comprehensive reviews of inequality trends in five of the world's largest developing countries - Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2021. - "This is an open access publication. Except where otherwise noted, this work is distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO)"--Home page
Physical Description:384 pages illustrations (black and white), maps (colour)
ISBN:9780191896248