decline in poverty and inequality indicators. Yet, the sentiment of the overall population seems to point to worsening … inequality. It then carries out regression analysis using re-centered influence functions to examine the economic determinants of … main driver behind poverty reduction, and that the drop in inequality was primarily driven by a regional catching-up effect …

By all accounts, income inequality in Egypt is low and had been declining during the decade that preceded the 2011 … with a low level of income inequality. Moreover, while income inequality shows a decline between 2000 and 2009, the World … Values Surveys indicate that the aversion to inequality has significantly increased during the same period and for all social …

growth rates and takes into account the effect of changes in within-country inequality. This paper then identifies key …

not come with a reduction in the household sector's share or any further increase in overall inequality beyond its level … of inequality found in 1999. …