See UNU/WIDER paper by Cornia and Court (2001) "Inequality, Growth and Poverty in the Era of Liberalization and Globalization) on these issues.
Cheers, Anthony xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Associate Professor Ph: (253) 692-4462 Comparative International Development Fax: (253) 692-5718 University of Washington Box Number: 358436 1900 Commerce Street Tacoma, WA 98402, USA xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Doug Henwood wrote: > Ian Murray wrote: > > >However, this result comes from fast growth > >in China and India. If they are excluded this measure of > >inequality shows no obvious trend since 1980. > > Well yeah, but China and India together account for 44% of the > "developing" world's population. I can see the point of excluding > them, but still, they're not exactly footnotes to the real story. > > Doug > >
