The global significance of national inequality decline.
Since the 1980s, inequality has been rising in Europe, North America and parts of Asia. How does our understanding of global inequality dynamics change if coverage is extended to the rest of the developing world? To rebalance the perspective on global inequality trends, this paper surveys data and l...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 20 - 42 |
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