Immiserising growth: can growth go wrong for the poor?
In this week’s blog, Paul Shaffer considers the understudied phenomenon of ‘Immiserising Growth’: economic growth that makes the poor worse off. Immiserizing Growth (ImG) refers […]
Economic development
India: lost in transformation?
India transitioned to ‘middle-income country’ status a decade ago and is projected to top the list of the world’s most populous countries by 2030, according […]
Reward work, not wealth: Oxfam’s new report on global wealth inequality
Davos is here again, and Deborah Hardoon runs us through highlights of Oxfam’s new report on prosperity and poverty, wealth and work. Gotta love a […]
The see-saw effects of inequality
When commentators refer to rising inequality, they mostly mean increased inequality in rich countries like the US. But while national inequality may have increased in […]
Are bigger cities better or worse for inequality?
One major characteristic of the process of economic development is the movement of people from rural to urban areas. As a result, the percentage of […]
Can Mixed Methods Help Us Study Economic Development?
Understanding the dynamics of economic development, inequality, and poverty is a complex research challenge. What methods and approaches do justice do this complexity? Could mixed […]
