On “Inequality Traps” and Development Policy

On “Inequality Traps” and Development Policy

There are inequalities in the world, among individuals and among groups that get reproduced across generations. In the World Development Report 2006 these are referred to as inequality traps. Inequality traps are similar to poverty traps in that th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rao, Vijayendra
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ATTENTION
BEHAVIORS
BELIEFS
BEST PRACTICE
COMMON SENSE
COMMUNITIES
CULTURAL CONTEXT
CULTURAL FACTORS
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL INTERACTION
CULTURES
CURRICULA
DECISION-MAKING
DISCUSSION
DIVERSITY
EDUCATION INITIATIVES
EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
EXPERIMENTATION
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GIRLS
GLOBALIZATION
HIERARCHIES
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
IDEA
IDEAS
ILLITERACY
INTEGRATION
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
PRODUCTIVITY
RECOGNITION
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
THEORY OF PRACTICE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7225716/inequality-traps-development-policy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9588
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Summary:There are inequalities in the world, among individuals and among groups that get reproduced across generations. In the World Development Report 2006 these are referred to as inequality traps. Inequality traps are similar to poverty traps in that they serve to keep people poor and destitute. But equality traps differ from poverty traps in that they refer to a reinforcing system of economic, political and social structures that lead to what social scientists have called durable inequality.

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