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Economic Growth
Absolute versus relative inequality: This is why both matter
A new paper explores global inequality from absolute and relative perspectives, and asks, can you increase growth and reduce inequality?
Miguel Niño-Zarazúa is a Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER). Previously, he was a Research Fellow at the Brooks World Poverty Institute and the Chronic Poverty Research Centre at the University of Manchester, where he investigated the long-term effects of social transfer programmes in developing countries.