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A Converging or Diverging World? / Bob Sutcliffe.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Sutcliffe, Robert B., author.
- Series:
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Working Papers, 2520-6656 ; no.2.
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Working Papers, 2520-6656 ; no.2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic and Social Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic and Social Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : United Nations, 2005.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This paper discusses some of the problems of method and data in measuring world inequality. It describes some recent attempts to do so and produces its own estimates. There is no simple answer to the question of whether or not the world is becoming more unequal. If a variety of methods are employed and compared, a complex answer emerges, showing that inequality is both declining in some ways and increasing in others. However, there has clearly been an enormous, recent increase in the gap between the very rich and the very poor.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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