inequality
- The multi-dimensional role of higher schooling inequality in decelerating liberalisation
- J.R. Behrman; N. Birdsall; G. Pettersson / Center for Global Development, USA, 2010
- This paper examines the relationship between structural, high inequality - measured by high levels of schooling inequality - and liberalisation of the financial sector for a sample of 37 developing and developed countries. Behind its ...
- Does informal work lead to formal employment in Egypt?
- J. Wahba / Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2009
- In the last few decades, the informal sector has played a major role in many of the Least Developed Countries’ labour markets. This is partly because employment in the informal economy tends to expand during periods of economic ...
- Reasons for high localisation of inequality in Mozambique
- C. Rosário; I. Tvedten; M. Paulo / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the in...
- World inequality: clarifying concepts
- B. Milanovic / Princeton University Library, 2005
- There are three concepts of world inequality that need to be sharply distinguished, as they are often confused. This report does just that. The first concept is un-weighted international inequality. This concept takes coun...
- Tools to operationalise pro-poor growth
- A. McKay / Department for International Development, UK, 2005
- How to make pro-poor growth a reality? This report is part of a larger programme that aims to provide better advice to governments on policies that facilitate the participation of poor people in the growth process. Specifically, it se...
- Unhealthy because of inequities in our daily life
- World Health Organization, 2008
- Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels, and are themselves influence...
- Poverty reduction in spite of less growth? Lessons from Brazil
- N. Kakwani; M. Neri; H.H. Son / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2009
- Known since the 1960s as one of the most unequal countries in the world, poverty and inequality in Brazil have recently declined in spite of negative growth. What factors explain what has occurred in Brazil? This r...
- Is there a trade-off between poverty and inequality?
- M. Ravallion / World Bank Publications, 2005
- When inequality rises, does poverty also rise? This paper examines this question using both absolute and relative measures of inequality. Relative inequality is based on ratios - the higher the ratio between the income of the rich and...
- Combining income-per-capita and inequality into one measure
- A. Shaikh; A. Ragab / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
- Does GDP per capita (or the average wealth per person in a country) reflect the amount of wealth that the vast majority of the individuals have? This briefing argues that this is not the case, as averages conceal the distribution of w...
- For sustainable growth, the pattern of growth matters
- A. McKay; A. Sumner / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
- Conventional wisdom is that growth is the most important and maybe the easiest driver of poverty reduction. This briefing argues that various factors influence the magnitude of the poverty reduction that growth can achieve, including ...
- The multi-dimensional role of higher schooling inequality in decelerating liberalisation
- J.R. Behrman; N. Birdsall; G. Pettersson / Center for Global Development, USA, 2010
- This paper examines the relationship between structural, high inequality - measured by high levels of schooling inequality - and liberalisation of the financial sector for a sample of 37 developing and developed countries. Behind its ...
- Does informal work lead to formal employment in Egypt?
- J. Wahba / Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2009
- In the last few decades, the informal sector has played a major role in many of the Least Developed Countries’ labour markets. This is partly because employment in the informal economy tends to expand during periods of economic ...
- Reasons for high localisation of inequality in Mozambique
- C. Rosário; I. Tvedten; M. Paulo / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the in...
- World inequality: clarifying concepts
- B. Milanovic / Princeton University Library, 2005
- There are three concepts of world inequality that need to be sharply distinguished, as they are often confused. This report does just that. The first concept is un-weighted international inequality. This concept takes coun...
- Tools to operationalise pro-poor growth
- A. McKay / Department for International Development, UK, 2005
- How to make pro-poor growth a reality? This report is part of a larger programme that aims to provide better advice to governments on policies that facilitate the participation of poor people in the growth process. Specifically, it se...
- Unhealthy because of inequities in our daily life
- World Health Organization, 2008
- Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels, and are themselves influence...
- Poverty reduction in spite of less growth? Lessons from Brazil
- N. Kakwani; M. Neri; H.H. Son / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2009
- Known since the 1960s as one of the most unequal countries in the world, poverty and inequality in Brazil have recently declined in spite of negative growth. What factors explain what has occurred in Brazil? This r...
- Is there a trade-off between poverty and inequality?
- M. Ravallion / World Bank Publications, 2005
- When inequality rises, does poverty also rise? This paper examines this question using both absolute and relative measures of inequality. Relative inequality is based on ratios - the higher the ratio between the income of the rich and...
- Combining income-per-capita and inequality into one measure
- A. Shaikh; A. Ragab / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
- Does GDP per capita (or the average wealth per person in a country) reflect the amount of wealth that the vast majority of the individuals have? This briefing argues that this is not the case, as averages conceal the distribution of w...
- For sustainable growth, the pattern of growth matters
- A. McKay; A. Sumner / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
- Conventional wisdom is that growth is the most important and maybe the easiest driver of poverty reduction. This briefing argues that various factors influence the magnitude of the poverty reduction that growth can achieve, including ...
- Rural Reconstruction Nepal
- Integrated community development programmes in Nepal
