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Inequality

Inequality is at the heart of the debate of how to create a more sustainable world.   ▶

Introduction to our ‘Inequality’ dossier

Inequality is at the heart of the debate of how to create a more sustainable world.

Expert opinions

The inequality of macroeconomic risk

The inequality of macroeconomic risk

Nick Galasso  | 27 May 2013

Food price hikes, natural disasters, environmental degradation, and financial crises share at least two things in common: They’re on the rise, and they unequally burden the poor.

What inequality means for children

What inequality means for children

Paul Dornan  | 21 May 2013

Inequality of opportunity provides a helpful way of framing the debate, particularly so as it shows the agreement that circumstances should not prohibit the fulfillment of talent.

Inequality is not only about poverty

Inequality is not only about poverty

Lars  Engberg-Pedersen  | 29 April 2013

The global development framework for the coming years cannot ignore global inequality if it should constitute a relevant and legitimate set of development goals in a globalised world.

A post-2015 development goal for inequality?

A post-2015 development goal for inequality?

Francisco Ferreira  | 15 May 2013

The debate on a post-2015 inequality target is missing a fundamental point: what inequality would we like to eliminate?

A new ‘median’ inequality indicator, designed to support poverty eradication

Amanda Lenhardt Andrew Shepherd  | 23 April 2013

For a national policy maker it is possible to think about raising the income levels of the bottom 10% or 20% toward the middle of the distribution.

Palma vs Gini: measuring post-2015 inequality

Alex Cobham Andy Sumner  | 05 April 2013

Given the over-sensitivity of the Gini to the middle of the distribution, and the insensitivity of the Palma, policymakers could consider a choice between the…

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Broker Day 2014

From disposable labour to a different globalization

Annemarie van de Vijsel, Evert-jan Quak | April 24, 2025

The central theme of The Broker Day 2014 on 14 April was employment and inequality, and the structural macroeconomic problems underlying them.

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