and infer the role of growth in the evolution of inequality of opportunity over time. We show that despite a reduction in … the real value of the household consumption and a surge in outcome inequality between 2009/10 and 2010/11, the consumption … dynamic appears to alleviate inequality of opportunity in Uganda. …

In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …

I discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources. I … element indicating the marginal change in the inequality contribution of a group (as measured by the recentered influence … function) when an income source is added and with all contributions adding up to overall inequality. The approach can be used …

risk and thus could lead to exacerbating income inequality. The crisis creates an opportunity to demand further structural … economy is growing relatively slowly. Moreover, financial reforms are effective in reducing income inequality in periods when …