In his classic paper on economic growth and income inequality, Kuznets discussed the
process of population shift from traditional to modern activities as the basis for a theory of …

In this paper we subject the influential cross-section estimation of the inequality-development
relationship by Ahluwalia to detailed scrutiny. We investigate the robustness of his …

This essay is a bold attempt to change altogether the way we think about and the way we do
foreign aid. It raises a deep challenge for the development community. The authors mean to …

This volume brings together leading public intellectuals--Amartya Sen, Martha C. Nussbaum,
François Bourguignon, William J. Wilson, Douglas S. Massey, and Martha A. Fineman--to …

… Ravi Kanbur for the volume © individual contributors for their essays … Ravi Kanbur is
TH Lee Professor of World Affairs and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, having …

This authoritative volume explores poverty and labor market issues over the first decade of
democracy in South Africa. It is an attempt by leading South African scholars—supplemented …

As Ghana approaches its 60th birthday, optimism and worries for the future continue to be
present in equal measure. Economic growth in the last decade has been high by historical …

… Haddad and Kanbur (1990a) shew that standard measures of inequality in calorie
adequacy would be understated by 30 to 40 percent if intrahousehold inequality was …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the "conventional wisdom" that there is a policy
conflict between the reduction of inequality and the encouragement of entrepreneurial risk …

In 1994 South Africa saw the end of apartheid. The new era of political freedom was viewed
as the foundation for economic prosperity and inclusion. The last two decades have seen …