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Income inequality in the developing world

Ravallion, Martin·2014·Science

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Should income inequality be of concern in developing countries? New data reveal less income inequality in the developing world than 30 years ago. However, this is due to falling inequality between countries. Average inequality within developing countries has been slowly rising, though staying fairly flat since 2000. As a rule, higher rates of growth in average incomes have not put upward pressure on inequality within countries. Growth has generally helped reduce the incidence of absolute poverty, but less so in more unequal countries. High inequality also threatens to stall future progress against poverty by attenuating growth prospects. Perceptions of rising absolute gaps in living standards between the rich and the poor in growing economies are also consistent with the evidence.

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Authors: Ravallion, M.
Affiliations: National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
Corresponding author: Ravallion, Martin
ORCID: Ravallion, Martin
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2014-05-23
Volume: 344
Issue: 6186
Pages: 851-855
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1251875
OpenAlex: W2034170501
Cited by: 294
References: 20
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 6
FWCI: 47.80
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economic Theory and Policy
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Development
Keywords: income inequality, developing countries, within-country inequality, cross-national differences, economic growth, absolute poverty, poverty reduction, living standards, inequality trends
MeSH terms: Developing Countries, Humans, Income, Poverty, Socioeconomic Factors

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