Flat World, Big Gaps: Economic Liberalization, Globalization and Inequality

by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Editor), Jacques Baudot (Editor)

Flat World, Big Gaps critically considers the impact of economic liberalization and globalization on inequality and poverty. The first half surveys the major analytical issues in the recent study of global inequalities. The second half of the volume surveys recent inequality trends in various parts of the world including the OECD, the USA, Eastern Europe and the CIS economies, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, India, East Asia and China.

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Alternative Names
Jomo, 1952-
Jomo, K.S. 1952-
Jomo, Kwame S. 1952-
Jomo, Kwame Sundaram, 1952-
Jomo Kwame Sundarman
K.S. Jomo (Kwame Sundaram Jomo), 1952-
Kwame Sundaram, Jomo 1952-
S., Jomo K.
Sundaram, Jomo K. 1952-
Sundaram, Jomo Kwame, 1952-

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development based in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations Secretariat.