Inequality watch

Inequality watch

Published Jan 2012

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B. Thoresen

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This report is a contribution to the development policy debate. It shows that it is a too narrow approach to limit the targets of development policy to growth or to lifting a population above an artificial poverty line. A clear prioritization of power and resources is needed. The report gives a thorough analysis of inequality and development in Bolivia, El Salvador, South Africa, and Mozambique. - The report gives recommendations to Norwegian development policy.

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