Managing Inequality in the Developing World

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Managing Inequality in the Developing World

By Nancy Birdsall

Published on Nov 1, 1999

Source: Carnegie

About the Author

Nancy Birdsall

Former Senior Associate

Recent Work

Report
The Role of the Multilateral Development Banks in Emerging Market Economies
- Nancy Birdsall
Report
Washington Contentious: Economic Policies for Social Equity in Latin America
- Nancy Birdsall, Rachel Menezes

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