CHILD POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: THE WAY FORWARD

indices by ten or more points. Much of the major improvements in inequality, however, appear to have taken place during the 1990 ...

Figures 11-16. Gini Indices and Changes by Region, 1990- 2008 (or latest available) Figure 11. Asia Source: Solt (2009) 1990 va ...

Figure 13. Latin America and the Caribbean Figure 14. Middle East and North Africa ...

Figure 15. Sub-Saharan Africa Figure 16. High-income Countries^ ...

Income Inequality at the National Level Looking at income distribution quintile estimates using recent data, some of the highes ...

9.8%, 6.0% and 3.1%, respectively, between 1990 and 2005) has not led to more equal societies, but rather made the rich relative ...

high levels of income inequality both across countries—in terms of economic growth, health and social well-being, and political ...

Figure 20. Growth and Inequality: Per Capita Growth and Change in Income Inequality in 94 Developing Countries, 1990 -2008 (or l ...

snapshot of social outcomes without including an income parameter, which makes it an ideal source for income inequality analysis ...

Figure 22. Income Inequality and Homicides in 138 Countries, 2008 Sources: Authors’ calculations using Solt (2009) and United Na ...

Figure 23. Income Inequality and Political Stability in 141 Countries, 2008 Sources: Authors’ calculations using Solt (2009) and ...

countries, which we then compare to income inequality as measured by Gini index values (Figure 24). The data reveal a strong neg ...

Nearly twice as likely to not receive measles immunizations Twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday Significantly le ...

make us question the current development approach (development for whom?) and the need to place equity at the center of the deve ...

simultaneously focused on reducing poverty (Mkandawire 2006, Deacon 2010). This differs radically from today’s standard developm ...

development (Kanbur and Lustig 1999, van der Hoeven et al. 2001). While exclusively focusing on distribution can lead to stagnat ...

Table 15. Mainstreaming Equity in the Development Agenda Area Typical Interventions with Equitable Outcomes for Children and Hou ...

Area Typical Interventions with Equitable Outcomes for Children and Households Typical Interventions with Inequitable/ Regressiv ...

6.C. Financing equitable policies: Transfers across three levels Given the large extent of global income asymmetries, financing ...

the Southern African Development Community, SADC; and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN). National transfers: T ...