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  Interrelationship between growth, inequality, and poverty: the Asian experience

  Asian Development Bank, 2007

  This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries for the period 1981–2001. The author uses an inequality–growth trade-off index (IGTI) to analyse the trade-off between inequality and growth. A poverty equivalent growth rate is also employed to study the distributional impact of growth.
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  Recent trends in China’s distribution of income and consumption: a review of the evidence

  2006

  This paper examines recent trends in the distribution of income and consumption in China. It operates on the basis that income and consumption are meaningful economic indicators. The document compares patterns and trends in published data with those observed in compilations using alternative data sources. The paper discusses its measurement problems in the country.
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  Inclusive growth toward a prosperous Asia: policy implications

  Asian Development Bank, 2007

  Asia’s impressive economic growth is being complemented by soaring inequalities. This paper argues that if rising income and non-income inequalities are not addressed, there is a major risk to continued social and economic progress in developing Asia.
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  Grassroots democracy and income distribution: evidence from village election in China

  The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, 2006

  Can democracy reduce inequality? This paper studies how the introduction of village elections in China has affected income distribution at the village level. It shows that grassroots democracy works to enhance local governance even in the nation’s highly centralised political system. Using household and village survey data spanning 15 years, authors find that elections:
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  Poverty, inequality, and social disparities during China's economic reform

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007

  In China, about 500 million people have been lifted out of poverty in a generation. This rapid improvement has brought with it different kinds of stresses including growing disparities within the population. This paper examines these widening divisions and suggests policy measures that might mitigate them.
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  The challenge of inequality

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This issue of Poverty in Focus attempts to contribute to a better understanding of the importance of reducing inequality in its various forms, and thus to policies and programmes that will more effectively reduce poverty and social injustice.
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  Understanding regional poverty and inequality trends in China: methodological issues and empirical findings

  Working Group on Development and Environment in the Americas, 2007

  The March 2007 special issue of the Review of Income and Wealth focuses on regional poverty and inequality in China. This first paper provides a time profile of China's regional inequality by calculating a Theil-L index which suggests the need to tackle the urban-rural gap as a priority over regional gaps.
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  Inequality is bad for the poor

  PovertyNet, World Bank, 2007

  This paper re-examines the neo-liberal contention that inequality is an inevitable by-product of the economic growth needed to reduce poverty.
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  Income, income inequality, and health: evidence from China

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006

  Despite its impressive growth in recent years, high levels of inequality remain a polarising factor in Chinese society. This rising inequity has had, and will continue to have, important impacts on all aspects of social life. In many cases this results in social conflicts, crime and ultimately a slowing down of economic growth.
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  Inequality is bad for the poor

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper takes up an issue with the view that "the only thing that really matters to reducing absolute income poverty is the rate of economic growth." The authors argue that there are a number of ways in which inequality and its evolution can exert an influence over the extent of poverty and prospects for rapid poverty reduction in the future.In reviewing the literature that suggests that gr

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