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The level of, and trends in, global inequality and global poverty are indicative assessments of who has benefited from economic growth. The revision of price data has led to a reassessment of those estimates. Through an extensive overview of the implications, we argue that the data can be read in different ways. Official estimates show global extreme poverty and global inequality are considerably lower than previously thought. We argue that these changes are much less significant than they at first appear and we present a more nuanced alternative interpretation by exploring changes across the entire global distribution.
Author(s): Edward P, Sumner A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Third World Quarterly
Year: 2018
Volume: 39
Issue: 3
Pages: 487-509
Online publication date: 13/12/2017
Acceptance date: 02/11/2017
Date deposited: 08/12/2017
ISSN (print): 0143-6597
ISSN (electronic): 1360-2241
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1401461
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1401461
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