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Kuznets’ tension in India

Developing countries face a trade-off between the twin objectives of structural transformation and inclusive growth. This is the ‘developer’s dilemma’. This study analyses the dilemma as it manifested itself in the Indian context, and identifies two...

Working Paper
The developer’s dilemma

This paper discusses the ‘developer’s dilemma’—a tension emerging from the fact that developing countries are simultaneously seeking structural transformation and broad-based growth to raise incomes of the poor. Simon Kuznets originally hypothesized...

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35 years of research for change – what's next?: Building just societies

To celebrate its 35 th birthday, UNU-WIDER has looked back at some of its greatest achievements. As the year closes, Armida Alisjahbana , Kunal Sen...

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Inequality is not an inevitable consequence of economic development
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The developer’s dilemma

Part of Book The Developer’s Dilemma

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Inclusive structural transformation in India

Part of Book The Developer’s Dilemma

Working Paper
Was Kuznets right?

We examine the Kuznets postulate that structural transformation leads to higher inequality using comparable panel data for a large number of developing and developed countries for 1960–2012. Countries are in different stages of structural...

Journal Article
Was Kuznets Right?

We examine the Kuznets postulate that structural transformation leads to higher inequality using comparable panel data for a large number of developing and developed countries for 1960–2012. Countries are in different stages of structural...

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The Developer’s Dilemma

The developer’s dilemma is thus: developing countries seek inclusive economic development — i.e., structural transformation — sufficiently broad-based to raise the income of the poor. Inclusive economic growth requires falling income inequality to...

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