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Inequality in Emerging Countries

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Growing Income Inequalities

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In the last three decades, emerging countries have experienced a significant rise in growth, and thus in their real income per capita. After almost two centuries of ‘great divergence’ (Pomeranz, 2000; Pritchett, 1997) characterized by growth rates significantly higher in the North (developed countries) than in the South (developing countries), this surge in growth within a majority of less developed countries could open a new era of ‘great convergence’ on the World stage. Nevertheless, this has not coincided with a decrease in within-country inequalities. The increase in income inequality in the North is now well documented and it has been analysed in Chapter 1. In the South, the variations in within-country income inequality appear rather diverse (Wood, 1997).

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  1. University of Nantes, France

    Joël Hellier (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  2. University of Lille 1, France

    Nathalie Chusseau (Associate Professor of Economics) (Associate Professor of Economics)

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Chusseau, N., Hellier, J. (2013). Inequality in Emerging Countries. In: Hellier, J., Chusseau, N. (eds) Growing Income Inequalities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283306_3

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