Global poverty and inequality: are the revised estimates open to an alternative interpretation? |
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Authors: | Peter Edward |
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Institution: | Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
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Abstract: | The level of, and trends in, global inequality and global poverty are indicative assessments of who has benefited from economic growth. The revision of price data has led to a reassessment of those estimates. Through an extensive overview of the implications, we argue that the data can be read in different ways. Official estimates show global extreme poverty and global inequality are considerably lower than previously thought. We argue that these changes are much less significant than they at first appear, and we present a more nuanced alternative interpretation by exploring changes across the entire global distribution. |
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Keywords: | Poverty and inequality globalisation economy and finance Global South aid and capital flows economic growth |
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