Global Inequality and Economic Growth : The Three Decades before Covid-19 and Three Decades After (English)

Global income inequality captures income differences among all individuals around the world. Global inequality around the world increased from 1820 to 1990 as incomes in richer countries grew faster than incomes in relatively poorer countries. However, these trends were reversed over the three decades starting in 1990. Inequality among all citizens of the world decreased as populous and relatively poorer countries, in particular China, reduced the...

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Diana Carolina Garcia Rojas;

Nishant Yonzan;

Christoph Lakner;
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2025/03/26
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS11093
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2025/03/26
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Global Inequality and Economic Growth : The Three Decades before Covid-19 and Three Decades After

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Diana Carolina Garcia Rojas; Nishant Yonzan; Christoph Lakner.

Global Inequality and Economic Growth : The Three Decades before Covid-19 and Three Decades After (English). Policy Research Working Paper;Prosperity;RRR;COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099928403262531089

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