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Contradictory Trends in Global Income Inequality: A Tale of Two Biases

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Inequality, Poverty and Well-being

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An apparent increase in inequality in international income distribution over the 1980s, was highlighted by Korzeniewicz and Moran (1997) and by the United Nations Development Programme in the Human Development Report (UNDP 1999). Whilst the former is reluctant to draw strong conclusions about underlying causes, the UNDP report argues for international policies to mitigate rising inequality caused by economic globalization.

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  1. Steve Dowrick
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  2. Muhammad Akmal
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Finland

    Mark McGillivray (Senior Research Fellow, Inaugural Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow, Inaugural Fellow)

  2. Human Development and Capabilities Association, Finland

    Mark McGillivray (Senior Research Fellow, Inaugural Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow, Inaugural Fellow)

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Dowrick, S., Akmal, M. (2006). Contradictory Trends in Global Income Inequality: A Tale of Two Biases. In: McGillivray, M. (eds) Inequality, Poverty and Well-being. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625594_5

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