Equity, Efficient and Inequality Traps: A Research Agenda
37 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2006
Date Written: June 2006
Abstract
This paper discusses a research agenda that arises from unanswered questions and unresolved issues considered in the World Bank's World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development. After formalizing the key concepts of equity; equality of opportunity; and efficiency, and proposing a definition for an equitable development policy, the paper discusses the concept of inequality traps, around which the research agenda is structured. Four broad groups of research questions are highlighted: those revolving around the measurement of inequality of opportunity and the diagnostics for the existence of an inequality trap; those dealing with the causes of inequality traps; the quantification of their efficiency costs; and those related to how institutions (including governments) evolve to overcome inequality traps.
Keywords: Equity, Equality of Opportunity, Inequality Traps, Economics - International Economics
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