Global inequality, poverty and wealth

Yeates, Nicola (2008). Global inequality, poverty and wealth. In: Ridge, Tess and Wright, Sharon eds. Understanding inequality, poverty and wealth: Policies and prospects. Understanding welfare: Social issues, policy and practice. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 81–101.

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Abstract

This chapter
• Reviews the varied meanings of poverty and inequality in a global context
• Distinguishes between international and global measures of inequality;
• Examines current data on the distribution of income and wealth worldwide
• Shows that a very large section of the world’s wealth is concentrated in the top one tenth of one percent of the population

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• Item ORO ID
• 13185
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 1-86134-915-7, 978-1-86134-915-6
• Keywords
• Global distribution gap; Global measures of wealth; inequality; Global poverty; Global social policy; Global wealth distribution; Global wealth inequality;
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Social Policy and Criminology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Research Group
• Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD)
• Depositing User
• Nicola Yeates