01664cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012785 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781557757906 1020-5098 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Should Equity Be a Goal of Economic Policy?. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (15 pages) Economic Issues <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 Over the past decade, global output has grown by more than 3 percent a year and inflation has slowed in most regions. The fruits of this growthhave not been shared equally, however, and income disparities have grownin many countries, developed as well as developing. One of the mostpressing issues facing policymakers today is how to respond to these trends. To what extent are growth and equity complementary, and to whatextent is there a trade-off between the two? This Economic Issue is a summary version of an Issues Paper circulated at the IMF Conference on Economic Policy and Equity, held on June 8-9, 1998, at IMF headquarters. Mode of access: Internet Economic Issues; Economic Issues ; No. 1999/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/books/051/15967-9781557757906-en/15967-9781557757906-en-book.xml IMF e-Library