Publication

Inequality is widely recognized as a critical barrier to poverty reduction and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. This report engages with current policy debates on poverty and inequality from a developmental and social policy perspective. It assesses a range of contemporary approaches to poverty reduction; identifies key institutional, policy and political issues overlooked in current poverty reduction strategies; and examines the contradictions, complementarities and synergies between policies and institutions in the social, labor market and macroeconomic spheres.