inequality
- Economic policy should aim to reduce inequalities
- R. van der Hoeven / Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2008
- The importance of reducing inequities has become widely recognised as necessary for development. Yet a coherent set of policies to address income inequality has not. This speech reviews various themes on income inequality to show...
- Fiscal equity: how to reduce horizontal inequality through taxation and spending
- F. Stewart; G. Brown; A. Cobham / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2009
- While horizontal inequality, or inequality between groups of people, is increasingly recognised as an impediment to long-term poverty reduction in multi-ethnic societies, there is less clarity still on which policy instruments are mos...
- Britain's response to world poverty 1997-2008
- M. Woolock / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2009
- Over the past ten years, poverty reduction has risen up the international policy agenda as never before. This has been the outcome of a growing awareness among OECD countries of the need to address poverty, in part realised throu...
- Growth, income distribution and human development: exploring the polarisation approach
- M. Vandemoortele / Overseas Development Institute, 2009
- Several countries that have enjoyed high rates of economic growth over the last decade, particularly in Asia, have performed less well on social indicators such as health and education. Although the weak links between growth and ...
- Inequality and democracy in Latin America
- M. Bugarin; A. Portugal; S. Sakurai / Ibmec São Paulo, 2008
- A fundamental characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean is the region’s high level of inequality. It is also a region that has shown impressive developments in democracy over the past decades. Electoral institutions...
- Winners and losers: timber management in Uganda's Budongo Forest Reserve
- F. Muhumuza; S. Kutegeka; A. Wolimbwa / Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment, Uganda, 2008
- With the increased economic value of its natural resources, Uganda has recently increased public investment in its forestry sector. For instance, both the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) and the Environment and Natural Resource...
- Unequal Citizens? Exploring inequalities between Muslims and non-Muslims around the world
- F. Stewart / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2008
- Although studies on inequality increasingly take into account the inequalities that exist between groups, there has been little analysis so far of these kinds of inequalities – also known as horizontal inequalities (HIs) - at th...
- A review of 30 years of primary health care by the WHO Director-General
- M Chan / The Lancet, 2008
- This editorial in the Lancet written by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), looks at what has happened to primary health care (PHC) in the 30 years since it was articulated in the Alma Ata declarati...
- Impact of socio-economic status on mortality in Vietnam
- D. Granlund; N.T. Chuc; H.T. Phuc / Department of Economics, Umeå University, 2008
- This study investigates the association between socio-economic variables and mortality in Vietnam. It is based on an analysis of mortality data in respect of 18,776 men and 22,085 women above 20 years of age, belonging to 1...
- Understanding the motivations of giving: a social preference experiment in Europe and Africa
- A. Cappelen; K. Moene; E. Sorensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
- While poverty-focused campaigns such as the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals argue their case in terms of charity, others, including fair trade initiatives, attempt to appeal to people’s sense of ...
- Economic policy should aim to reduce inequalities
- R. van der Hoeven / Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2008
- The importance of reducing inequities has become widely recognised as necessary for development. Yet a coherent set of policies to address income inequality has not. This speech reviews various themes on income inequality to show...
- Fiscal equity: how to reduce horizontal inequality through taxation and spending
- F. Stewart; G. Brown; A. Cobham / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2009
- While horizontal inequality, or inequality between groups of people, is increasingly recognised as an impediment to long-term poverty reduction in multi-ethnic societies, there is less clarity still on which policy instruments are mos...
- Britain's response to world poverty 1997-2008
- M. Woolock / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2009
- Over the past ten years, poverty reduction has risen up the international policy agenda as never before. This has been the outcome of a growing awareness among OECD countries of the need to address poverty, in part realised throu...
- Growth, income distribution and human development: exploring the polarisation approach
- M. Vandemoortele / Overseas Development Institute, 2009
- Several countries that have enjoyed high rates of economic growth over the last decade, particularly in Asia, have performed less well on social indicators such as health and education. Although the weak links between growth and ...
- Inequality and democracy in Latin America
- M. Bugarin; A. Portugal; S. Sakurai / Ibmec São Paulo, 2008
- A fundamental characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean is the region’s high level of inequality. It is also a region that has shown impressive developments in democracy over the past decades. Electoral institutions...
- Winners and losers: timber management in Uganda's Budongo Forest Reserve
- F. Muhumuza; S. Kutegeka; A. Wolimbwa / Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment, Uganda, 2008
- With the increased economic value of its natural resources, Uganda has recently increased public investment in its forestry sector. For instance, both the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) and the Environment and Natural Resource...
- Unequal Citizens? Exploring inequalities between Muslims and non-Muslims around the world
- F. Stewart / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2008
- Although studies on inequality increasingly take into account the inequalities that exist between groups, there has been little analysis so far of these kinds of inequalities – also known as horizontal inequalities (HIs) - at th...
- A review of 30 years of primary health care by the WHO Director-General
- M Chan / The Lancet, 2008
- This editorial in the Lancet written by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), looks at what has happened to primary health care (PHC) in the 30 years since it was articulated in the Alma Ata declarati...
- Impact of socio-economic status on mortality in Vietnam
- D. Granlund; N.T. Chuc; H.T. Phuc / Department of Economics, Umeå University, 2008
- This study investigates the association between socio-economic variables and mortality in Vietnam. It is based on an analysis of mortality data in respect of 18,776 men and 22,085 women above 20 years of age, belonging to 1...
- Understanding the motivations of giving: a social preference experiment in Europe and Africa
- A. Cappelen; K. Moene; E. Sorensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
- While poverty-focused campaigns such as the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals argue their case in terms of charity, others, including fair trade initiatives, attempt to appeal to people’s sense of ...
- Rural Reconstruction Nepal
- Integrated community development programmes in Nepal
