Global Inequality

Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa -January 11 2020: An aerial view of a group of poor children in a slum of the madagascan city. Malagasy kids play with tires in the dirt, surrounded by hanging laundry

Future Development

Over 1 billion people live in poverty hotspots

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Selen Özdoğan

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Antananarivo / Madagascar - October 21, 2011: Laundry hangs on clothes lines on balconies of a run down high-rise apart.ment building

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Poverty hotspots and the correlates of subnational development

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Selen Özdoğan

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Illustration of a window looking out at the sun

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Reimagining the global economy: Building back better in a post-COVID-19 world

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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Tackling the inequality pandemic: Is there a cure?

Zia Qureshi

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Reports

A men locks his shack at Slovo Park, an informal settlement located next to the Nancefield industrial area, south of Johannesburg, South Africa May 29, 2018. Picture taken May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1BE7B6FC00

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Inequality beyond neoliberalism: Policies for more inclusive growth

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Social Issues

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

An elephant walks in Amboseli National Park in front of Kilimanjaro Mountain, Kenya, March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DB6795A50

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What’s happening to the world income distribution? The elephant chart revisited

Homi Kharas and Brina Seidel

Monday, April 2, 2018

A baby is weighted on a scale in a health clinic in the capital Juba, South Sudan, January 23, 2017. Picture taken January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - RC157C1D0FF0

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Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, February 22, 2018

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Broadening the benefits of growth

Landry Signé

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Blog Posts

Hands of many shades reaching up toward the world

Future Development

Discrimination and prejudice in development

Célestin Monga

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Protesters applaud during a rally against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Future Development

Inequality, the SDGs, and the human rights movement in the US and around the world

Amb. Sarah Mendelson

Friday, June 12, 2020

A local surfs the Web in the street in the northern Salamanca town in this December 15, 2006 file photo. Salamanca, 200 miles (316 km) north of the capital Santiago, became Chile's first WiFi town in September. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet hailed the project as the first of its kind in South America and as a major step toward "cutting the gap between rich and poor, between the capital and the regions, between the large and small cities". To match feature CHILE-WIRELESS/ REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/Files (CHILE)

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Inequalities in human development in the 21st century

Pedro Conceição

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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American leadership in advancing the sustainable development goals

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Economic mobility across generations around the world

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The World Bank Group’s Mission to End Extreme Poverty: A conversation with President Jim Yong Kim

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Ana Revenga

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Zhang Yingyi, a 30-year-old administrative assistant and a mother of a three-year-old girl, smiles as she poses for a photograph at her home in Shanghai, China,

Podcast Episode

The global middle class

Homi Kharas and Fred Dews

Friday, May 19, 2017

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Africa in Focus

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Africa in Focus

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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Global Inequality

Over 1 billion people live in poverty hotspots

Poverty hotspots and the correlates of subnational development

Reimagining the global economy: Building back better in a post-COVID-19 world

Tackling the inequality pandemic: Is there a cure?

Reports

Inequality beyond neoliberalism: Policies for more inclusive growth

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

What’s happening to the world income distribution? The elephant chart revisited

Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

Broadening the benefits of growth

Blog Posts

Discrimination and prejudice in development

Inequality, the SDGs, and the human rights movement in the US and around the world

Inequalities in human development in the 21st century

Events

American leadership in advancing the sustainable development goals

Economic mobility across generations around the world

The World Bank Group’s Mission to End Extreme Poverty: A conversation with President Jim Yong Kim

Related Books

Declining Inequality in Latin America

Experts

Ana Revenga

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Multimedia

The global middle class

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

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