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From the editor's desk: Focus on data
This month, a partnership between UNU-WIDER and the Groningen Growth and Development Center (GGDC) brings a new database on economic transformation public...
Data Economic Transformation Database Income inequalityPolicy seminar
Political economy of ethnic inequalities and exclusion: Implications for development policyThe Chief Economist Team at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will host a policy seminar with UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist as a part of the SIDA Evidence for Action Seminar Series. The seminar,...
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Horizontal inequality in the Global South: Data, measurement, and trendsInequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention...
Ethnic group Group-based inequality Horizontal inequalityPolicy Brief
Horizontal inequality: Global trends and data challengesInequality—both vertical (between individuals and households) and horizontal (between groups)—is a core concern in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...
Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Ethnic groupPolicy Brief
Can legal empowerment help to address ethnic exclusion?‘Legal empowerment’ is defined as a process of systemic change through which the poor and excluded become able to use the law to protect and advance their rights and interests as citizens and economic actors...
Legal empowerment Group-based inequality Property rightsJournal Article
Horizontal Inequality and Data ChallengesPart of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South
Ethnic group Group-based inequality Horizontal inequalityJournal Article
Can Business Rights Alleviate Group-Based Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa?: Understanding the Limits to ReformPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Group-based inequality Minorities BusinessJournal Special Issue
Legal Empowerment and Group-Based InequalityThe articles in the forthcoming special issue are already available online on full open access. The special issue will be officially published in March 2019, vol. 55, issue 3...
Legal empowerment Group-based inequality Property rightsProject
Addressing group-based inequalities
Theme: Transforming societies
Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Global inequalityJournal Special Issue
Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and ChangeA considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development...
Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Ethnic groupJournal Article
Horizontal inequality as an outcomeA considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development...
Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Ethnic groupJournal Article
Horizontal inequality and ethnic diversity in Brazil: Patterns, trends, and their impacts on institutionsPart of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
Brazil Group-based inequality Ethnic diversityWorking Paper
Horizontal inequality as a dependent variableA considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development...
Group-based inequality Horizontal inequality Ethnic groupWorking Paper
Horizontal inequality and data challengesInequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention...
Ethnic group Group-based inequality Horizontal inequalityBlog
WDR 2017 does not disappoint: Four implications for work in development
As a political scientist specializing in the comparative politics of development, including particular attention to issues of governance and democracy, I have followed this year’s World Development Report with special interest...
World Development Report Good governance Group-based inequalityWorking Paper
Patterns and trends of group-based inequality in BrazilIn this paper, we analyse the patterns and trends of group-based inequalities in Brazil in the past 30 years...
Brazil Group-based inequality Ethnic diversity