Flat world, big gaps : economic liberalization, globalization, poverty and inequality / edited by Jomo K.S. with Jacques Baudot.

´Published in association with the United Nations.´

Incluye bibliografía.

_ Global income inequality : what it is and why it matters / Branko Milanovic -- The scorecard on development : 25 years of diminished progress / Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick -- A converging or diverging world? / Bob Sutcliffe -- World economic growth and income distribution, 1980-2000 / Albert Berry and John Serieux -- Globalizing inequality : ´centrifugal´ and ´centripetal´ forces at work / José Gabriel Palma -- Growth is failing the poor : the unbalanced distribution of the benefits and costs of global economic growth / David Woodward and Andrew Simms -- Inequality trends in some developed OECD countries / John Weeks -- Unequal fortunes, unstable households : has rising inequality contributed to economic troubles for households? / Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller -- Poverty and inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS transition economies / Mihaly Simai -- Equity in Latin America since the 1990s / Pedro Sáinz -- Income distribution in the Middle East and North Africa, 1960-2000 / Maria Cristina Paciello -- Openness, trade liberalization, inequality and poverty in Africa / Alemayehu Geda and Abebe Shimeles -- Inequality in India : a survey of recent trends / Parthapratim Pal and Jayati Ghosh -- Growth with equity in East Asia / Jomo K. S. -- Understanding the extent and evolution of inequalities in China / Ranja Sengupta and Jayati Ghosh.