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Review Of Translational Stem Cell Research: Issues Beyond The Debate On The Moral Status Of The Human Embryo Edited By K. Hug And G. Hermerén
Review Of The Least Likely Man: Marshall Nirenberg And The Discovery Of The Genetic Code By F. H. Portugal
Review Of Illuminating Life: Selected Papers From Cold Spring Harbor (1903-1969). Volume 1 By J. Witkowski
Review Of The PKU Paradox: A Short History Of A Genetic Disease By D. B. Paul And J. P. Brosco
New directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty
Over the last four decades, academic and wider public interest in inequality and poverty has grown substantially. In this paper we address the question: what have been the major new directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty over the last thirty to forty years? We draw attention to developments under seven headings: changes in the extent of inequality and poverty, changes in the policy environment, increased scrutiny of the concepts of ‘poverty’ and inequality’ and the rise of multidimensional approaches, the use of longitudinal perspectives, an increase in availability of and access to data, developments in analytical methods of measurement, and developments in modelling
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