Global Income Inequality: What it is and Why it Matters?
34 Pages Posted: 28 Dec 2005
Date Written: December 2005
Abstract
A non-technical review of the current status of the debate on the extent and trend of global inequality, its future evolution, and whether global inequality matters or not. Proposes a new scheme for distribution of cash aid directly to the poor citizens in poor countries.
Keywords: global inequality, redistribution
JEL Classification: D31
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