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Acknowledgements
I would like the thank the Chief Editor of the Journal, Enrica Chiappero Martinetti, not only for the invitation to commission and edit this special issue, but also for setting aside her valuable time to help reduce my burden as Guest Editor. In addition, I would like to thank the contributors who were understanding and responsive through the process, as well as the anonymous referees who were generous with their scarce time.
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Notes
1 See, for example, Baster (Citation1972), Seers (Citation1972) and Morris (Citation1979).
2 See Streeten (Citation1981) and Stewart (Citation1985).
3 There is an extensive literature on the subject. For a discussion on the conceptual foundations, see Sen (Citation1999) and Haq (Citation1995). For an analysis of issues related to methodology and management, see Anand and Sen (Citation1994). For selected readings on human development, including these, see Fukuda-Parr and Shiva Kumar (Citation2003).
4 For a detailed discussion, see Sen (Citation1999).
5 For an extensive discussion on, and critical evaluation of, the MDGs, See Nayyar (Citation2013).
6 The relationship between macroeconomics and human development, where the causation runs in both directions, is analysed at length in Nayyar (Citation2012).
7 For a detailed discussion, see Nayyar (Citation2019).
8 World Inequality Report 2022, https://wid.world, 2023-03.
9 The figures cited in this paragraph are drawn from the World Inequality Report 2022. Global inequality is measured in terms of purchasing power parities. It would be significantly higher if measured at market exchange rates. This source also provides more disaggregated evidence on inter-country and intra-country inequalities.
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Deepak Nayyar
Deepak Nayyar Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South, United States Library of Congress, Washington, DC.