TY - BOOK ID - 133491828 TI - Global Poverty and Inequality : A Review of the Evidence AU - Ferreira, Francisco H.G. AU - Ravallion, Martin PY - 2008 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Developing countries KW - Distributional change KW - Equity and Development KW - Growth elasticity KW - Household surveys KW - Income KW - Income inequality KW - Inequality KW - Mean income KW - Policy Research KW - Poverty Impact Evaluation KW - Poverty Reduction KW - Poverty reduction KW - Pro-Poor Growth KW - Services and Transfers to Poor UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133491828 AB - Drawing on a compilation of data from household surveys representing 130 countries, many over a period of 25 years, this paper reviews the evidence on levels and recent trends in global poverty and income inequality. It documents the negative correlations between both poverty and inequality indices, on the one hand, and mean income per capita on the other. It points to the dominant role of Asia in accounting for the bulk of the world's poverty reduction since 1981. The evolution of global inequality in the last decades is also described, with special emphasis on the different trends of inequality within and between countries. The statistical relationships between growth, inequality and poverty are discussed, as is the correlation between inequality and the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Some of the recent literature on the drivers of distributional change in developing countries is also reviewed. ER -