Inequality Is Bad for the Poor

It has been argued that inequality should be of little concern in poor countries on the grounds that 1) absolute poverty in terms of consumption (or income) is the overriding issue in poor countries and 2) the only thing that really matters to reducing absolute income poverty is the rate of economic...

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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9141
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spelling okr-10986-91412021-04-23T14:02:44Z Inequality Is Bad for the Poor Ravallion, Martin World Development Report 2006 It has been argued that inequality should be of little concern in poor countries on the grounds that 1) absolute poverty in terms of consumption (or income) is the overriding issue in poor countries and 2) the only thing that really matters to reducing absolute income poverty is the rate of economic growth. The author takes 1) as given but questions 2). He argues that there are a number of ways in which the extent of inequality in a society, and how it evolves over time, influences the extent of poverty today and the prospects for rapid poverty reduction in the future. 2012-06-26T15:39:28Z 2012-06-26T15:39:28Z 2005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9141 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank East Asia and Pacific
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description It has been argued that inequality should be of little concern in poor countries on the grounds that 1) absolute poverty in terms of consumption (or income) is the overriding issue in poor countries and 2) the only thing that really matters to reducing absolute income poverty is the rate of economic growth. The author takes 1) as given but questions 2). He argues that there are a number of ways in which the extent of inequality in a society, and how it evolves over time, influences the extent of poverty today and the prospects for rapid poverty reduction in the future.
author Ravallion, Martin
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title Inequality Is Bad for the Poor
title_short Inequality Is Bad for the Poor
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