Half a World : Regional Inequality in Five Great Federations

Half a World : Regional Inequality in Five Great Federations

The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil in the period 1980-2000. They are all federations or quasi-federations composed of entities with substantial economic autonomy. Two types of region...

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Main Author: Milanovic, Branko
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ANNUAL INFLATION
AVERAGE INCOME
CITIZENS
CONSTANT PRICES
CPI
DATA COVERAGE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC THEORY
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH INFLATION
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME CONVERGENCE
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY WILL INCREASE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL SURVEYS
NOMINAL INCOMES
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PERSONAL INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION SHARE
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POVERTY REDUCTION
PURCHASING POWER
RAPID INCREASE
REAL GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL INEQUALITY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELATIVE INCOME
RISING INEQUALITY
WAGES
WELFARE INDICATORS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259308/half-world-regional-inequality-five-great-federations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8597

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259308/half-world-regional-inequality-five-great-federations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8597

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