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Horizontal inequality as an outcome

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development. Much of this work focuses on horizontal inequality as an independent...

Journal Special Issue
Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development. Much of this work focuses on horizontal inequality as an independent...

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Horizontal Inequality and Data Challenges

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South

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Inequality Between Whom?

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South

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Does Horizontal Inequality Matter in Vietnam?

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South

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Patronage and Public Goods Provisioning in an Unequal Land

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South

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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria

Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change

Working Paper
Patterns and trends in horizontal inequality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

We analyse horizontal inequality in wealth and in years of education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the period 2001–13. We find that the trend in horizontal inequality is similar to the trend in vertical inequality over the period of...

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Inequality of opportunities among ethnic groups in the Philippines

This paper contributes to the scant body of literature on inequalities among and within ethnic groups in the Philippines by examining both the vertical and horizontal measures in terms of opportunities in accessing basic services such as education...

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Legal empowerment and group-based inequality

Legal empowerment has become widely accepted in development policy circles as an approach to addressing poverty and exclusion. At the same time, it has received relatively little attention from political scientists and sociologists working on...

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Horizontal inequality and data challenges

Inequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention. In the field of international development, inequality—both vertical (between individuals and households) and horizontal (between groups)—is a core concern in the 2030...

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Horizontal inequality as a dependent variable

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development. Much of this work focuses on horizontal inequality as an independent...

Journal Special Issue
Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality

The 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 has become widely accepted in development policy circles...

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Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality

Part of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality

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Legal Empowerment and Horizontal Inequalities after Conflict

Part of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality

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The politics of group-based inequalities - measurement, implications, and possibilities for change

Theme: Inclusion

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