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...
Main Author: | Ravallion, Martin |
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Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9141 |
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