Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion – A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries
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- Isabel Ortiz & Matthew Cummins, 2011. "Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion – A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries," Working papers 1102, UNICEF,Division of Policy and Strategy.
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Keywords
income inequality; income distribution; quintiles; equity; crisis recovery; development policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- O2 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2011-11-01 (Central and Western Asia)
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