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 unrising 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 Sainz -- 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.

xxvii, 416 p. : graphs, tables

Based on regional papers prepared for the International Forum for Social Development on 'Equity, Inequalities and Interdependence" held at the UN in New York, 5-6 Oct. 2004, published as DESA Working Papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

9788125030676 (pbk.) (Orient Longman)
9781842778333 (hbk.) (Zed Books)
9781842778340 (pbk.) (Zed Books)