01914cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004457 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451865806 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Das, Gouranga Gopal. Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? : An Inquiry into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations / Gouranga Gopal Das. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007. 1 online resource (38 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality are explored in a global Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) framework. An exogenous technology shock transmitted via trade from the United States induces productivity growth in developing regions. This spillover capture-aided by absorptive capability, better governance and institutions, technological symmetry and social acceptance-causes income to increase and income inequality to decline. The conjoined parameters retard growth's inequality-enhancing effect and thus facilitate long-run convergence of inequality between nations. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/016 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2007/016/001.2007.issue-016-en.xml IMF e-Library