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Special panel on inequality A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
28 February 2020
House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki, Finland
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Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?

Despite the growing interest in global inequality, assessing inequality trends is a major challenge because individual data on income or consumption is not often available...

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Inequality in Education and Wealth in Tanzania: A 25-Year Perspective

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South

Education Equality and inequality Wealth
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Vertical and Horizontal Inequality in Ecuador: The Lack of Sustainability

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South

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The Effects of the Value-Added Tax on Revenue and Inequality

This paper examines the impact of the introduction of the value-added tax on inequality and government revenues using newly released macro data...

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Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision and inequality in India, 1988–2012

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change

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Rachel Gisselquist gives TEDx talk on rethinking the diversity debate Ethnic diversity Equality and inequality
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Changing labour market indicators and the rate of economic growth in Latin America during the 2000s

From the book: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America

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Cross-country patterns: economic growth rate and changes in labour market indicators

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Economic growth Equality and inequality Labor market
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Within-country analysis of the growth-employment-poverty nexus: Additional Evidence

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Conclusions from the cross-country analysis

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Stockholm Statement – Towards a new consensus on the principles of policy-making for the contemporary world

Thirteen economists, which included four former Chief Economists of the World Bank, met over two days at Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, on 16-17 September 2016, to discuss the challenges faced by today’s economic policy makers. The meeting was...

New Directions in Development Economics Equality and inequality Sustainable development
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Some good news from Mozambique: poverty levels have been reduced

There has been a serious deficit of good news in Mozambique for quite some time...

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Ghana: A successful growth story with job creation concerns

From the book: Africa's Lions

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