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Oil wealth never seems to trickle down to the poor 

When the World Bank agreed to finance an oil pipeline for Chad four years ago, it went in with eyes wide open.

Mindful of the...

2005 WIDER Annual Lecture: rising inequality in the new global economy 

The world is becoming 'flat' says Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist, in his new bestseller The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the...

Saving Iraq From Its Oil. 

escaping the resource curse As the United States, the United Nations, and the Iraqi Governing Council struggle to determine what form Iraq's...

Hard currency: unilateralism doesn't work for foreign aid, either 

Grading on a curve, the east African nation of Tanzania is something of a success story. While still as poor as most of its neighbors, Tanzania has...

The real challenge for Iraqi development: oil wealth could be a great help—or hindrance—to Iraq's development prospects 

Irag is rich in oil but surprisingly poor in human capital. Oil is at mixed blessing at best, a curse at worst. Among countries rich ill oil are...

That silly inequality debate. (Global Newsstand).('Finance and Development') (periodical review) 

Finance & Development, December 2001, Vol. 38, No. 4, Washington, D.C. Most analyses and studies of trends in global income inequality...

Life is unfair: inequality in the world. (income inequality)(includes related articles on income inequality and child labor) 

Income inequality among nations and among families in each nation continues to grow inspite of the growth of democracy and open markets. This may...

Underinvestment in education: how much growth has Pakistan foregone? 

INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION In this paper we address the following question: How great have been the costs to Pakistan, in terms of income growth...