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– Structural Transformation, Inequality Dynamics, and Inclusive Growth
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 maximise income growth at the lower end of the...
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– The future of structural change in the developing world
From the book:
The Developer’s Dilemma
Book Chapter
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– The case of Chile
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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– The case of Brazil
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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– South Africa’s Kuznetsian tension
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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– An impediment to structural transformation and inclusive growth in Ghana
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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The challenges of structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh
From the book:
The Developer’s Dilemma
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– Past episodes and future trajectories
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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– Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Thailand
From the book:
The Developer’s Dilemma
Book Chapter
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– Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China
From the book:
The Developer’s Dilemma
Book Chapter
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– Kuznets’ ‘developer’s dilemma’ in Indonesia
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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– A survey of structural transformation and inequality dynamics
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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– The case of Indonesia
Discussions on the developing world's industrial policies have largely neglected the role of state-owned entities. This paper argues that the resurgence of state capitalism has been, in part, the response of developing countries to the recent pattern of structural transformation involving weak...
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– Structural transformation, income inequality and employment dynamics
This article focuses on structural transformation, employment, and inequality dynamics. The papers revisit in different ways the seminal works of the pioneers of what can be referred to as the ‘classical school’ of development economics. First, the work of W. Arthur Lewis, depicting the labour...
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– How large is the effect of top incomes?
Despite the growing interest in global inequality, assessing inequality trends is a major challenge because individual data on income or consumption is not often available. Nevertheless, the periodic release of certain summary statistics of the income distribution has become increasingly common...
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The interest in the level of global inequality has surged in recent years. This paper complements existing estimates of global inequality by providing the first estimates of the level of bipolarization of the global income distribution. During 1975–2010, global bipolarization declined substantially...
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