Shared Prosperity : Links to Growth, Inequality and Inequality of Ppportunity

Focusing on the welfare of the less well off as a measure of real societal progress is the fundamental principle underlying the WBG indicator of "shared prosperity", namely income growth of the bottom 40 percent in every country. This pap...

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Main Authors: Narayan, Ambar, Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime, Tiwari, Sailesh
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18376904/shared-prosperity-links-growth-inequality-inequality-opportunity
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16866