A more or less unequal world ? World income distribution in the 20 th century Bob Sutcliffe

A More or Less Unequal World? World Income Distribution in the 20th Century

Riding the Elephants: The Evolution of World Economic Growth and Income Distribution at the End of the Twentieth Century (1980-2000)

Th is paper presents estimates of world economic growth for 1970-2000, and changes in the intercountry and interpersonal distribution of world income between 1980 and 2000. Th ese estimates suggest that, while the rate of growth of the world economy slowed in the 1980-2000 period, and average within-country inequality worsened, the distribution of world income among individuals, nevertheless, i...

The size distribution of income among world citizens : 1820 - 1990 1

This paper investigates the evolution of the size distribution of income among world citizen during a period extending practically over the last two centuries. Estimations of the distribution for the historical period are based on Maddison’s population and GDP per capita estimates on one hand and on rough estimates and/or simple assumptions about the distribution of income within countries or g...

Investigating the Relationship between Health Expenditures and Human Development Index: A Cross Country Analysis

Abstract Background: In recent decades, the human development index has become one of the most practical indicators for measuring the level of development in countries. There are several factors that affect the human development index, including health expenditures that increase human development along with manpower and physical capital. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect ...

GMOs: A Good but Battered Means for Sustainable Production Intensification

FAO promotes Sustainable Production Intensification (SPI), which consists of a technology menu for optimizing crop production per unit area, taking into consideration the range of sustainability aspects including potential and/or real social, political, economic and environmental impacts. The author suggests that Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) cropping is not only well aligned to SPI but a...