Series from jacket.

PART I: INCOME DISTRIBUTION TRENDS,THEORIES AND POLICIES ; 1. Inequality, Growth and Poverty: An Overview of Changes over the Last Two Decades ; 2. Income Distribution Changes and Their Impact in the Post-World War II period ; PART II: TRADITIONAL CAUSES OF INEQUALITY: STILL RELEVANT FOR EXPLAINING ITS RISE IN THE 1980S-90S? ; 3. Land Ownership Inequality and the Income Distribution Consequences of Economic Growth ; 4. Does Educational Achievement Help Explain Income Inequality? ; 5. Rural and Urban Income and Poverty: Does Convergence Between Sectors Offset Divergence within Them? ; PART III. RECENT FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ; 6. Globalization, Technology and Income Inequality: A Critical Analysis ; 7. External Liberalization, Economic Performance and Distribution in Latin America and Elsewhere ; 8. Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequality: What are the New Insights after the Washington Consensus? ; 9. Increased Income Inequality in OECD Countries and the Redistributive Impact of the Government Budget ; 10. Income Distribution and Tax and Government Social Spending Policies in Developing Countries ; 11. The Impact of Adjustment Related Social Funds on Income Distribution and Poverty ; PART IV. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES ; 12. Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped? ; 13. Factor Shares and Resource Booms: Accounting for the Evolution of Venezuelan Inequality ; 14. The Impact of Financial Liberalization and the Rise of Financial Rents on Income Inequality: The Case of Turkey ; 15. The Changing Nature of Inequality in South Africa ; 16. Growth, Structural Change and Inequality: The Experience of Thailand ; Index

Includes bibliographical references and index.