1. What is the extent of relative inequality in developing countries, and how is this related to the extent of absolute poverty? 2. Who are the poor, and what are their economic characteristics? 3. What determines the nature of economic growth-that is, who benefits from economic growth, and why? 4. Are rapid economic growth and more equal distributions of income com- patible or conflicting objectives for low-income countries? To put it another way, is rapid growth achievable only at the cost of greater inequalities in the distribution of income, or can a lessening of income disparities con- tribute to higher growth rates? 5. Do the poor benefit from growth, and does this depend on the type of growth a developing country experiences? What might be done to help the poor benefit more? 6. What is so bad about extreme inequality?
