tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post1640374075375693624..comments2024-03-11T07:41:19.149-04:00Comments on The Perfect Substitute: African PovertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-30280119475774959472010-03-01T14:47:39.532-05:002010-03-01T14:47:39.532-05:00PITR: Thanks for your interesting comments.
I'...PITR: Thanks for your interesting comments.<br /><br />I'm not particularly interested in defending someone else's work, but it seems that:<br /><br />1) They seem to have tried several different indexes of purchasing power parity derived by the World Penn Tables. <br /><br />2) (See Figure 14) Why would we expect income inequality to move in the same way within African Countries as within China? Wouldn't a more accurate comparison ("accurate" is relative here, as income inequality measures seem completely arbitrary to me) be to look at Chinese regions vs African countries, or Africa as a continent to China as a country? Even still, there are so many differences between China and the many countries within Africa, I do not see a direct reason to make China the benchmark comparison.<br /><br />3) Just curious: What would a more "conservative conclusion" look like? How do you think the current results impact the willingness of developing countries to help?<br /><br />All the Best,<br />JRJustin M Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06990658017459237627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-72099454086152858542010-03-01T13:58:38.793-05:002010-03-01T13:58:38.793-05:00I guess:
(1) they did not account for the world wi...I guess:<br />(1) they did not account for the world wide inflation and price rising.<br />(2) Even in China, the income inequality is increasing, probably because their household income data is not that reliable.<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />why they want give such a perfect conclusion? Maybe they should give a more conservative conclusion, then they can actually help poor in those countries get more money and investment from developed countries.People In The Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707921862471652932noreply@blogger.com