Growth key to reducing global disparities

Inequality remains on the top of the policy priority list for most countries in the world. Branko Milanovic, a leading scholar on inequality, recently delivered a lecture titled "Recent changes in the global income distribution and their political implications" at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg. Imraan Valodia, pro vice-chancellor: climate, sustainability and inequality and director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at Wits, asked him to unpack some of the main points of his lecture.