This study examines linkages between information and communication technology (ICT) dynamics, inequality and poverty in … order to establish critical masses of poverty and inequality that should not be exceeded in order for ICT dynamics to … headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of the population) while inequality is proxied by the Gini coefficient, the …

This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … discussion of their determinants. There has been tremendous progress in the measurement of inequality and poverty in the … developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and measurement issues, evidence on the levels of inequality and …

Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases … poverty in 4 countries using a US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using a US$2.50/day line, and in 15 countries …

fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty … debate by proposing a new family of measures of unfair inequality. To do so, we acknowledge that inequality is not bad per se …