Social and economic inequalities are among the most striking features of the modern world. Per capita income is more than 60 times higher among the wealthy industrial countries than it is among low-income economies.1 The absolute income gap between these country groupswas $29,000 in 2002, triple the level of 1960. Disparities in health, education, and the relative status of women have been, and continue to be, pervasive. Huge numbers of people live under conditions of extreme insecurity, raising a complex set of moral, political, social, and economic issues.
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Bloom, D.E., Rosovsky, H. (2007). Higher Education in Developing Countries. In: Forest, J.J.F., Altbach, P.G. (eds) International Handbook of Higher Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4012-2_22
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