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Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time
Working Paper
On data and trends in horizontal inequalityEconomic, social, and political inequalities are at the forefront of today’s public debate...
Inequality Group-based inequality Horizontal inequalityPanel discussion
Rachel Gisselquist speaks at panel on ‘Human insecurity as a threat to human development’ at the UNDP Virtual Human Development SymposiumThe United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Office of the Human Development Report will host a virtual symposium over four days from 8-11 June on ‘A New Generation of Human Security’. Through a series of keynote addresses and panel discussions...
Seminar
Who is being left behind? Closing the horizontal inequality gapOn Monday 17 May Rachel Gisselquist will join the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Seminar Series as discussant in their event on closing the horizontal inequality gap. Find more UNU-WIDER research on horizontal ineqality here...
Blog
'Love thy neighbour'?: Evidence from a randomized neighbourhood relocation policy in India
Caste in India plays an instrumental role in determining access to education, jobs, public spaces, and social networks...
Group-based inequality Inequalities Anti-discrimination measuresBlog
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,...
Journal Special Issue
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 group