Competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate, Vol. 1 of 1

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Competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate

Author:	Ravallion, Martin;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3243
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2004/06/08
Document Date:	2004/03/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS3243	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Poverty Monitoring & Analysis; Governance Indicators; Economic Theory & Research; Rural Poverty Reduction; Inequality; Services & Transfers to Poor; Poverty Impact Evaluation; Safety Nets and Transfers
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward.


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