Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World?

Over the past 20 years, aggregate measures of global inequality have changed little even if significant structural changes have been observed. High growth rates of China and India lifted millions out of poverty, while the stagnation in many African...

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Main Authors: Bussolo, Maurizio, De Hoyos, Rafael E., Medvedev, Denis, van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8682142/global-growth-distribution-china-india-reshaping-world
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topic ACCELERATOR
ACCOUNTING
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURE
AMOUNT OF SAVINGS
ANNUAL RATE
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE RATE
BASE YEAR
CALCULATION
CALCULATIONS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL STOCKS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT PRICE
CONSTANT PRICES
CONSUMER
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
CONSUMERS
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS
COUNTRY INEQUALITY
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
DECOMPOSITION RESULTS
DEMOGRAPHIC
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DIVERGENT PATHS
DOMESTIC SAVINGS
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC TRENDS
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXOGENOUS CHANGES
EXPORTS
FACTOR PRICES
FERTILITY RATES
FORECASTS
FUTURE INCOME
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL LEVEL
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL OUTPUT
GLOBALIZATION
GROWTH IN TRADE
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH PROSPECTS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH GROWTH
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGH URBANIZATION
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME RANGES
INCOME STUDY
INCOMES
INCREASE IN INCOME
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY WILL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOUR FORCE
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
LONG-TERM RATE
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MARKET SHARES
MARKETING
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEDIAN VOTER
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE CLASS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MORTALITY RATES
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW JOBS
OLDER PEOPLE
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PROBABILITIES
PROBABILITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PURCHASING POWER
RAPID GROWTH
RATES OF RETURN
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REAL OUTPUT
RELATIVE INCOMES
RELATIVE POSITION
RELATIVE SHIFT
RELATIVE WAGES
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT AGE
RICH COUNTRIES
SAVINGS
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SKILL LEVEL
SKILL PREMIUM
SKILLED WAGE
SKILLED WAGES
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL WELFARE
STOCKS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TAX
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL OUTPUT
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRANSPARENCY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBANIZATION
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE GAP
WAGE GAPS
WEALTH
WELFARE BENEFITS
WORKING AGE
WORKING AGE POPULATION
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION
WORLD INEQUALITY
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORTH
YOUNGER COHORTS
YOUNGER POPULATIONS
spellingShingle ACCELERATOR
ACCOUNTING
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURE
AMOUNT OF SAVINGS
ANNUAL RATE
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE RATE
BASE YEAR
CALCULATION
CALCULATIONS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL STOCKS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT PRICE
CONSTANT PRICES
CONSUMER
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
CONSUMERS
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS
COUNTRY INEQUALITY
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
DECOMPOSITION RESULTS
DEMOGRAPHIC
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DIVERGENT PATHS
DOMESTIC SAVINGS
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC TRENDS
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXOGENOUS CHANGES
EXPORTS
FACTOR PRICES
FERTILITY RATES
FORECASTS
FUTURE INCOME
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL LEVEL
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL OUTPUT
GLOBALIZATION
GROWTH IN TRADE
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH PROSPECTS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH GROWTH
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGH URBANIZATION
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME RANGES
INCOME STUDY
INCOMES
INCREASE IN INCOME
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY WILL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOUR FORCE
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
LONG-TERM RATE
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MARKET SHARES
MARKETING
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEDIAN VOTER
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE CLASS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MORTALITY RATES
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW JOBS
OLDER PEOPLE
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PROBABILITIES
PROBABILITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PURCHASING POWER
RAPID GROWTH
RATES OF RETURN
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REAL OUTPUT
RELATIVE INCOMES
RELATIVE POSITION
RELATIVE SHIFT
RELATIVE WAGES
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT AGE
RICH COUNTRIES
SAVINGS
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SKILL LEVEL
SKILL PREMIUM
SKILLED WAGE
SKILLED WAGES
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL WELFARE
STOCKS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TAX
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL OUTPUT
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRANSPARENCY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBANIZATION
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE GAP
WAGE GAPS
WEALTH
WELFARE BENEFITS
WORKING AGE
WORKING AGE POPULATION
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION
WORLD INEQUALITY
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORTH
YOUNGER COHORTS
YOUNGER POPULATIONS
Bussolo, Maurizio
De Hoyos, Rafael E.
Medvedev, Denis
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World?
geographic_facet South Asia
East Asia and Pacific
China
India
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4392
description Over the past 20 years, aggregate measures of global inequality have changed little even if significant structural changes have been observed. High growth rates of China and India lifted millions out of poverty, while the stagnation in many African countries caused them to fall behind. Using the World Bank's LINKAGE global general equilibrium model and the newly developed Global Income Distribution Dynamics (GIDD) tool, this paper assesses the distribution and poverty effects of a scenario where these trends continue in the future. Even by anticipating a deceleration, growth in China and India is a key force behind the expected convergence of per-capita incomes at the global level. Millions of Chinese and Indian consumers will enter into a rapidly emerging global middle class-a group of people who can afford, and demand access to, the standards of living previously reserved mainly for the residents of developed countries. Notwithstanding these positive developments, fast growth is often characterized by high urbanization and growing demand for skills, both of which result in widening of income distribution within countries. These opposing distributional effects highlight the importance of analyzing global disparities by taking into account - as the GIDD does - income dynamics between and within countries.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bussolo, Maurizio
De Hoyos, Rafael E.
Medvedev, Denis
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
author_facet Bussolo, Maurizio
De Hoyos, Rafael E.
Medvedev, Denis
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
author_sort Bussolo, Maurizio
title Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World?
title_short Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World?
title_full Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World?
title_fullStr Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World?
title_full_unstemmed Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World?
title_sort global growth and distribution : are china and india reshaping the world?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8682142/global-growth-distribution-china-india-reshaping-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7601
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spelling okr-10986-76012021-04-23T14:02:34Z Global Growth and Distribution : Are China and India Reshaping the World? Bussolo, Maurizio De Hoyos, Rafael E. Medvedev, Denis van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique ACCELERATOR ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE GROWTH AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AMOUNT OF SAVINGS ANNUAL RATE AVERAGE ANNUAL AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE RATE BASE YEAR CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL STOCKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT PRICE CONSTANT PRICES CONSUMER CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COUNTRY INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS DECOMPOSITION RESULTS DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DIVERGENT PATHS DOMESTIC SAVINGS EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC TRENDS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMERGING ECONOMIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS CHANGES EXPORTS FACTOR PRICES FERTILITY RATES FORECASTS FUTURE INCOME GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL LEVEL GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL OUTPUT GLOBALIZATION GROWTH IN TRADE GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH GROWTH HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HIGH URBANIZATION HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME RANGES INCOME STUDY INCOMES INCREASE IN INCOME INCREASING INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY WILL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE GROWTH LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR FORCE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY LONG-TERM RATE MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MARKET SHARES MARKETING MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEDIAN VOTER MICRO DATA MIDDLE CLASS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY MORTALITY RATES MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES NEW JOBS OLDER PEOPLE PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PURCHASING POWER RAPID GROWTH RATES OF RETURN REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP REAL INCOME REAL OUTPUT RELATIVE INCOMES RELATIVE POSITION RELATIVE SHIFT RELATIVE WAGES RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RICH COUNTRIES SAVINGS SECTORAL COMPOSITION SKILL LEVEL SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED WAGE SKILLED WAGES SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL WELFARE STOCKS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRANSPARENCY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION UNSKILLED WORKERS URBANIZATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGE GAPS WEALTH WELFARE BENEFITS WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION WORLD ECONOMY WORLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION WORLD INEQUALITY WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WORTH YOUNGER COHORTS YOUNGER POPULATIONS Over the past 20 years, aggregate measures of global inequality have changed little even if significant structural changes have been observed. High growth rates of China and India lifted millions out of poverty, while the stagnation in many African countries caused them to fall behind. Using the World Bank's LINKAGE global general equilibrium model and the newly developed Global Income Distribution Dynamics (GIDD) tool, this paper assesses the distribution and poverty effects of a scenario where these trends continue in the future. Even by anticipating a deceleration, growth in China and India is a key force behind the expected convergence of per-capita incomes at the global level. Millions of Chinese and Indian consumers will enter into a rapidly emerging global middle class-a group of people who can afford, and demand access to, the standards of living previously reserved mainly for the residents of developed countries. Notwithstanding these positive developments, fast growth is often characterized by high urbanization and growing demand for skills, both of which result in widening of income distribution within countries. These opposing distributional effects highlight the importance of analyzing global disparities by taking into account - as the GIDD does - income dynamics between and within countries. 2012-06-08T21:08:15Z 2012-06-08T21:08:15Z 2007-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8682142/global-growth-distribution-china-india-reshaping-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7601 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4392 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia East Asia and Pacific China India