A poverty-inequality trade-off? / Martin Ravallion.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Ravallion, Martin.

Contributor:

World Bank.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; 3579.

World Bank e-Library.

Policy research working paper ; 3579

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Developing countries.

Equality.

Income distribution--Developing countries.

Income distribution.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Other Title:

Policy research working paper vol. 3579

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2005]

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"The idea that developing countries face a trade-off between poverty and inequality has had considerable influence on thinking about development policy. The experience of developing countries in the 1990s does not, however, reveal any sign of a systematic trade-off between measures of absolute poverty and relative inequality. Indeed, falling inequality tends to come with falling poverty incidence. And rising inequality appears more likely to be putting a brake on poverty reduction than to be facilitating it. However, there is evidence of a trade-off for absolute inequality, suggesting that those who want a lower absolute gap between the rich and the poor must in general be willing to see lower absolute levels of living for poor people. "--World Bank web site.

Notes:

Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/6/2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-3579