The World Bank recently introduced a new key indicator to guide its work: the number of countries with high inequality, defined as a Gini index above 40. The new indicator was introduced as part of the new World Bank vision of ending poverty on a livable planet. This paper reviews why reducing inequality matters for ending poverty on a livable planet, summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of using the Gini index to track inequality, outlines...
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2024/06/10
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10796
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1
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2024/06/10
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Disclosed
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The World Bank’s New Inequality Indicator : The Number of Countries with High Inequality