Inequality: Lessons for development

Miguel Niño-Zarazúa and Carlos Gradín of UNU-WIDER discuss what the last decade of research at the institute tell us about inequality.

Topics: Poverty and income inequality

Tags: income inequality, absolute inequality, relative inequality, UNU-WIDER

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Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER

Miguel Niño-Zarazúa

Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER

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