How does poverty differ from economic inequality? Poverty is usually defined as not having the means to support basic nutrition, access to safe drinking water, shelter, education, and other needs.

The report makes recommendations for effective action on poverty which include 'reframing' poverty as an issue of economic injustice and in relation to wealth inequality and developing rights ...

The economic modeling exercise demonstrates that a basic income grant targeting all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality.

"Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction." In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This ...

Debates on India’s poverty and inequality trends are welcome. We should be careful with global comparisons, though, and keep track of inter-generational mobility as well.

The Poverty, Inequality, and Human Development Team of the World Bank Research Group conducts rigorous research across a wide range of topics. On the topic of inequality, the team has two main ...

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image: “Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks ...

The economic modelling exercise demonstrates that a basic income grant targeting all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality.