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The dual gaps - an updated overview of theory and research, M.A.Seligson. Is there a gap between rich and poor countries?: The world economy- a millennial perspective, A. Maddison; The persistence of the gap betweenrich and poor countries, 1960-1998, J.T. Passe-Smith; The rising inequalityof world income distribution, Robert Hunter Wade; Could it be that the wholeworld is already rich? - a comparison of RGDP/pc and GNP/pc measures, J.T.Passe-Smith. The other gap - domestic income inequality: Economic growth andincome inequality, S. Kuznets; Should equity be a goal of economic policy?,IMF Fiscal Affairs Department; Inequality and insurgency, E.N. Muller, M.A.Seligson; Some new evidence on correlates of political violence - income,inequality, regime repressiveness and economic development, E. Weede. Theclassis thesis - convergence or divergence?: The five stages of growth, W.W.Rostow; Catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind, M. Abramovitz;Productivity growth, convergence, and welfare - what the long run data show,W.J. Baumol; Productivity growth, convergence, and welfare - comment, J.B.DeLong; World economic trends in the distribution of income, 1965-1992, R.P.Korzeniewicz, T.P. Moran; Empirics of world income inequality, G. Firebaugh.Culture and development: The achievement motive in economic growth, D.C.McClelland; The confucian ethic and economic growth, H. Kahn; The culture ofpoverty, O. Lewis; The effect of cultural values on economic development -theory, hypotheses, and some empirical tests, J. Granato, R. Inglehart, D.Leblang. Dependency theory: the structure of dependence, T. dos Santos;American penetration and Canadian development - a study of mature dependency,H.J. Hammer, J.W. Gartwell; The Irish case of dependency - an exception tothe exception?, D. O'Hern; Growth effects of foreign and domestic investment,G. Firebaugh; The long-term effects of foreign investment dependence oneconomic growth, 1940-1990, J. Kentor; Income inequality, development, anddependence - a reconsideration, A. Alderson, F. Nielson. The state, growthand inequality: Big bills left on the sidewalk - why some nations are rich,and others poor, M. Olson Jr.; Mauritius - a case study, A. Subramanian; Whyaren't countries rich? weak states and bad neighbourhoods, C. Kenny; Urbanbias and inequality, M. Lipton; Political regimes and economic growth, A.Przeworski, F. Limongi; Inequality as a constraint on growth in LatinAmerica, N. Birdsall, R. Sabot; The myth of Asia's miracle, P. Krugman.Conclusion: Inequality in a global perspective - directions for furtherresearch, M.A. Seligson; Appendix; Basic indicators of the rich and poor in133 countries.