case studies rather than cross-country regression analysis; (ii) the phenomenon of increasing inequality; (iii) different …) alternative modes of redistribution in face of inequality increasing tendencies. …

relevant to understanding current phenomena like the evolution of Chinese inequality. The paper shows how the Kuznetsian … framework can be used, for example, in predicting the differential relationship between urbanization and inequality in India … versus China, in assessing the detail of the contribution of sectoral mean and inequality evolution to overall inequality …

absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally …, appears dubious. -- Community ; public goods ; inequality ; distribution ; philanthropy ; egalitarianism …