Can high-inequality developing countries escape absolute poverty?
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At any positive rate of growth, the higher the initial inequality, the lower the rate at which income-poverty falls. It is possible for inequality to be sufficiently high to result in rising poverty, despite good underlying growth prospects at low inequality.
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تاریخ انتشار 1997