Imagine there's no country : poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization
Annotation Written by Bhalla (formerly of the Rand Corporation, the World Bank, Goldman Sachs, and the Brookings Institution) and funded by a think-tank with close connections to such right-wing institutions as the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, this report argues that common methods of measuring inequality are incorrect. Advancing a different measurement methodology, Bhalla argues that global inequality, contrary to most observers' analyses, is actually shrinking. Similarly, his methodology suggests that poor countries are experiencing much more economic growth than commonly believed. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Print Book, English, 2002
Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC, 2002
xix, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780881323481, 0881323489
50251957
Overview : new results on poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization
The pattern of economic growth, 1950-2000
Inequality as we know it
Poverty as we are told it is
Taking stock of the facts
Recounting poor people
Surveys and national accounts : can a choice be made?
Other methodological considerations
Poverty as it is
and forecasts for 2015
Reinventing the Kuznets curve : propoor growth
Inequality as it is
Globalization : a second look
Conclusion : roads not taken