Right, but the Galbraith paper for example, makes an attempt to work around this and I was wondering if there were any other readily available papers or tables on this question of at least some use. Sorry for not expressing my question better. Thanks > That's the only internationally comparable data. The UN and World > Bank collect national data, but from different years using different > techniques and definitions. The World Bank figures, for example, mix > income and consumption data, which is analytically useless to compare. > Doug