measures of inequality, poverty, and pro-poor growth in four time periods over 1992–2010. Changes in these measures are … examined for 11 countries, with a major focus on the People’s Republic of China (PRC), India, and Indonesia, which are … separated into rural and urban regions. We find that the PRC has grown rapidly with increasing inequality accompanying this …

Industrial disposal of effluents on land and subsequent pollution of groundwater and soil of surrounding farmlands is a … as extensively as domesticsewage based irrigation practices, at least for developing countries like India. Disposal of … effluents on land, which has limited capacity to assimilate the pollution load, has led to groundwater pollution. Ground water …

This paper looks at the recent trends of rising inequality in developing Asia, asks why inequality matters, examines … the driving forces of rising inequality, and proposes policy options for tackling high and rising inequality … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …

This paper looks at the recent trends of rising inequality in developing Asia, asks why inequality matters, examines … the driving forces of rising inequality, and proposes policy options for tackling high and rising inequality … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …

capital city is positively associated with better governance and more redistribution (proxied by post-tax inequality), in OLS …

inequality; and the importance of institutions to growth. Local development experience also reveals the interrelatedness of the …; the role of health to human capital; the significance of human capital to poverty and inequality; the value of human …

This study provides an overview of inequality in Indonesia for the period of 1984 to 2002 using several widely used … measurements of inequality. Firstly, unlike previous studies, our paper uses real consumption expenditure that takes into account … measures indicate a decrease in inequality, it actually increased for those below the poverty line. Finally, this study also …