Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and translates into power asymmetries that c
Many fear that efforts to address inequality will undermine the economy as a whole. But the opposite is true: rising inequality has become a drag on growth and
Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the complex links
Inequality has drastically increased in many countries around the globe over the past three decades. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else is
Income inequality is rising. A quarter of a century ago, the average disposable income of the richest 10% in OECD countries was around seven times higher than t